The attribution of attitudes

Jones, Edward E; Harris, Victor A

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The attribution of attitudes

Jones, Edward E, Harris, Victor A·1967·Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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The numerous studies that demonstrate the correspondence bias typically manipulate the potential role of situational constraints rather than the potential role of ulterior motivation.
“the numerous studies that demonstrate the correspondence bias (e.g., Gilbert, Pelham, & Krull, 1988; Jones, 1979; Jones & Harris, 1967; Ross, Amabile, & Steinmetz, 1977; Snyder &Jones, 1974) typically manipulate the potential role of situational constraints rather than the potential role of ulterior motivation.”
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“…tends to engulf the field," and several studies provide evidence that attributors sometimes ignore or appear to give little consideration to situational variables when judging an actor on the basis of a sample of his or her behavior (Jones & Harris , 1967; Snyder & Jones, 1974; Reeder etal., 1977).”
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“Nevertheless, because people tend to overattribute intentionality to another person's actions (Jones & Harris, 1967), Blacks who feel discriminated against will likely assume that the White person's behaviors were motivated by conscious, " oldfashioned " racism.”
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“The overall argument is that criminological psychology may be guilty of committing something akin to the 'fundamental attribution error' (Jones & Harris, 1967) writ large.”
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Situational Salience and Cultural Differences in the Correspondence Bias and Actor-Observer Bias
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“…and interpreting evidence in a manner confirming rather than disconfirming the hypothesis being tested; Nickerson, 1998), and fundamental attribution error (i.e., attributing the behavior of a person to dispositional rather than to situational influences; Gilbert, 1998; Jones & Harris, 1967).”
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Imagining Can Heighten or Lower the Perceived Likelihood of Contracting a Disease
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“Indeed, this tradition has uncovered a spate of classic and important effects in social psychology (e.g., Gilbert & Malone, 1995; Jones & Harris, 1967; Jones & Nisbett, 1971).”
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“Consistent with the correspondence bias (Gilbert & Jones, 1986; Jones & Harris, 1967; Ross, 1977), participants failed to see how the target's behavior could be constrained by situational factors (i.e., the racial demographics of the interaction).”
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“In the paradigmatic study, participants read essays that either favored or opposed the regime of Fidel Castro ( Jones & Harris 1967).”
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“Following a classic study by Jones and Harris (1967), this so-called “correspondence bias” (Jones, 1990) or “fundamental attribution error” (Ross, 1977) is typically investigated in a attitude-attribution paradigm.”
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“We modeled Study 2 after Jones and Harris’s (1967) attitudeattribution paradigm.”
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“A frequently cited example is the case of attitude attribution (Jones & Harris, 1967), in which perceivers tend to infer a corresponding attitude from an endorsed position even when the author was not free to chose the position (e.g., when the author of an essay was assigned to defend a particular…”
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Authors: Jones, E. E., & Harris, V. A.
Affiliations: Duke University (US)
Venue: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1967-01
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-24
ISSN: 0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1031(67)90034-0
OpenAlex: W2103278175
Cited by: 1,783
References: 12
Citations by year: 2026: 31 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 66 · 2019: 70 · 2018: 117 · 2017: 52 · 2016: 67 · 2015: 77 · 2014: 61 · 2013: 63 · 2012: 82
FWCI: 20.57
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychology of Social Influence
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords: attitude attribution, prior probability, situational constraints, reference groups

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