The bigger one of the "Big Two"? Preferential processing of communal information
The bigger one of the "Big Two"? Preferential processing of communal information
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.028
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Bruckmueller, Susanne
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作者：
Abele, Andrea E.;Bruckmueller, Susanne
人的知觉的一个重要目的是指导人们对他人的行动，在这方面，一个特别重要的问题是是否接近目标。一个目标的特质可以被区分为“两大”基本内容维度，即能动性和共融。四项研究测试的假设，相对于代理特质，公共特质-这也可以被概念化为“其他有利的”特质-优先处理，因为他们传达更多的信息相关的方法与避免的决定。在四项研究中，我们发现了对这种偏好加工假说的一致支持。公共特质的话更快地识别（研究1）和更快的分类价比agentic特质的话（研究2）;公共特质推断更快地从行为描述比agentic特质（研究3）;最后，公共特质提到之前，在另一个人的自发描述agentic的（研究4）。在这些研究中，刺激的效价（积极或消极的词语或行为）并没有缓和这种处理速度优势的公共信息。然而，在研究4中，参与者的反应更多的是由价驱动的共融维度比代理维度。(C)2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
An important aim of person perception is to guide people in their actions towards others and an especially important question in this regard is whether to approach a target or not. A target's traits can be differentiated into the "Big Two" fundamental content dimensions of agency and communion. Four studies test the hypothesis that relative to agentic traits communal traits - which can also be conceptualized as "other-profitable" traits - are processed preferentially because they convey more information relevant for approach vs. avoidance decisions. Across four studies, we found consistent support for this preferential processing hypothesis. Communal trait words were recognized faster (Study 1) and categorized faster with regard to valence than agentic trait words (Study 2); communal traits were inferred faster from behavior descriptions than agentic traits (Study 3); and finally, communal traits were mentioned prior to agentic ones in spontaneous descriptions of another person (Study 4). Throughout these studies the stimuli's valence (positive or negative words or behaviors) did not moderate this processing speed advantage of communal information. Participants' responses in Study 4, however, were more valence-driven for the communion dimension than for the agency dimension. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.