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Misanthropic person memory.

Ybarra, Oscar, Stephan, Walter G.·1996·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Abstract

Three experiments examined memory for behaviors associated with attributional information. A baseline stablished in Experiment 1, using behaviors unaccompanied by attributions, indicated that expectancy-inconsistent behaviors were better ecalled than consistent ones. Experiment 2 linked these same behaviors to dispositional orsituational ttributions. After reconceptualizing the results, it was shown that negative dispositionally attributed behaviors and positive situationally attributed behaviors were best recalled, suggesting that here is a negativity bias in person memory for behaviors that are accompanied byattributions. Experiment 3,using a different procedure, served as a replication of this misanthropic memory effect and demonstrated that the effect was only slightly altered by reducing the processing time allocated for this task. The findings were discussed in terms of their implications for expectancy-driven information processing and also with regard to the types of impressions people may form from attributed behavioral information. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.-- ( Mark Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene ii) Research in person memory suggests that our expectancies influence what we remember about other people. In general, behaviors that are inconsistent with our expectancies are better remembered than consistent behaviors (Hastie, 198 l; Hastie

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Authors
Ybarra, O., & Stephan, W. G.
Affiliations
New Mexico State University (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
1996-04
Volume
70
Issue
4
Pages
691-700
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W2069605518
Cited by
70
References
59
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FWCI
8.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
person memory, misanthropy, negativity bias, dispositional attribution, situational attribution, impression formation

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