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Dispositionally speaking, what you see is what you get
- Date Issued:
- 2008
- Summary:
- Many studies have been devoted to investigating the process by which individuals make dispositional attributions about the people that they encounter. Typically, individuals are more likely to seek future interactions with target individuals if those target individuals have a positive or rewarding disposition. Interactions with target individuals possessing negative or punishing dispositions reduce the likelihood that target individual will be selected for future interactions. An initial false positive trait ascription will be self-correcting with future interactions. An initial false negative trait label will likely remain stable if future interactions are not forced. The importance of quick accurate disposition identification carries important evolutionary implications as well as normal-life implications. Results from an experiment support the ability of subjects to accurately identify the true trait of target individuals with limited dispositional information.
Title: | Dispositionally speaking, what you see is what you get. |
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Name(s): |
Shuhi, Robert P. Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Psychology |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Issued: | 2008 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Physical Form: | electronic | |
Extent: | ix, 123 p. : ill. (some col.). | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Many studies have been devoted to investigating the process by which individuals make dispositional attributions about the people that they encounter. Typically, individuals are more likely to seek future interactions with target individuals if those target individuals have a positive or rewarding disposition. Interactions with target individuals possessing negative or punishing dispositions reduce the likelihood that target individual will be selected for future interactions. An initial false positive trait ascription will be self-correcting with future interactions. An initial false negative trait label will likely remain stable if future interactions are not forced. The importance of quick accurate disposition identification carries important evolutionary implications as well as normal-life implications. Results from an experiment support the ability of subjects to accurately identify the true trait of target individuals with limited dispositional information. | |
Identifier: | 316412711 (oclc), 165945 (digitool), FADT165945 (IID), fau:2827 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
by Robert P. Shuhi. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject(s): |
Attribution (Social psychology) Interpersonal communication -- Philosophy Social interaction Social perception |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/165945 | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
Host Institution: | FAU |