Flexible Correction Processes in Social Judgment: Correcting for Context-Induced Contrast

• Published in: Journal of experimental social psychology Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 137 - 165
• Main Authors: Petty, Richard E., Wegener, Duane T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.03.1993; Elsevier; Academic Press
• Subjects: Behavior. Attitude; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Perception; Perceptions; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social judgement; Social psychology; Social research; Human; Context; Adult; Error correction; Contrast effect; Social cognition; Judgment; Cognitive bias

Previous studies of correction processes in social judgment have suggested that contextual contrast is a more cognitively effortful process than contextual assimilation because contrast results from efforts to correct for assimilation biases. These studies appear to assume that assimilation is the n...