TY - JOUR
T1 - Processing alternative explanations of behavior
T2 - Correction or integration?
AU - Trope, Yaacov
AU - Gaunt, Ruth
PY - 2000/9
Y1 - 2000/9
N2 - Three experiments investigated how activation of knowledge about situational forces affects discounting in dispositional inference tasks. Each experiment varied a different knowledge activation factor -salience, accessibility, or specificity of situational information. In addition, all 3 experiments varied situational demands and cognitive load. The results showed that cognitive load eliminated discounting when situational information was low in salience, accessibility, or specificity. However, when situational information was more salient, accessible, or specific, it produced strong discounting effects even when perceivers were under cognitive load. These results are discussed in terms of correction and integration models of dispositional inferences from behavior.
AB - Three experiments investigated how activation of knowledge about situational forces affects discounting in dispositional inference tasks. Each experiment varied a different knowledge activation factor -salience, accessibility, or specificity of situational information. In addition, all 3 experiments varied situational demands and cognitive load. The results showed that cognitive load eliminated discounting when situational information was low in salience, accessibility, or specificity. However, when situational information was more salient, accessible, or specific, it produced strong discounting effects even when perceivers were under cognitive load. These results are discussed in terms of correction and integration models of dispositional inferences from behavior.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.79.3.344
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.79.3.344
M3 - Article
C2 - 10981838
AN - SCOPUS:0034276642
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 79
SP - 344
EP - 354
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 3
ER -