Effects of Category-Based Expectancy Violation on Affect-Related Evaluations: Toward a Comprehensive Model
Titel:
Effects of Category-Based Expectancy Violation on Affect-Related Evaluations: Toward a Comprehensive Model
Auteur:
Kernahan, Cyndi Bartholow, Bruce D. Bettencourt, B. Ann
Verschenen in:
Basic and applied social psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 22 (2000) nr. 2 pagina's 85-100
Jaar:
2000-06-01
Inhoud:
We examined the processes that unfold from category-based expectancy violations. In Experiment 1, which included both Black and White participants, descriptions of in-group and out-group targets' academic credentials either violated or were consistent with relevant category-based expectancies for their respective group category. The results showed that expectancy violations were associated with more extreme affect-related evaluations, regardless of whether the participants were in-group or out-group members. Moreover, these affect-related evaluations were made more quickly than attributions. In Experiment 2, a judgment facilitation paradigm was used in which participants' response times to make affect-related evaluations and attributions regarding expectancy violating targets were compared. Consistent with Experiment 1, the results showed that affect-related evaluations were made more quickly than attributions, and facilitation scores indicated that affect-related evaluations are likely mediators of attributions. Results were consistent with the expectancy-violation theory, and supported the idea that affect-related evaluations mediate the relation between target characteristics and attributional processes.