Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences

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Autor(a) principal: Orghian, Diana
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Ramos, Tania, Garcia-Marques, Leonel, Uleman, James
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/62242
Resumo: People infer, without any intention or awareness, personality traits about actors enacting diagnostic behaviors. This phenomenon is known as spontaneous trait inferences (STIs). The activation of a trait is considered to be a true inference when it results from processing the meaning of the whole behavioral description. However, a trait can also become activated due to intra-lexical associations with individual words in the description. Here, we suggest a method to distinguish the two sources of activation and explore the influence that word-based priming has on some of the most popular paradigms used to study STIs. Results show that in the probe recognition task, word-based priming plays a considerable role and can, in the absence of an appropriate control, mimic spontaneous trait inference occurrence. However, in the false recognition task and in the explicit trait judgment task, the role of this spurious activation is negligible and the real trait inference can be easily detected.
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spelling Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferencesSpontaneous trait inferenceWord-based primingDelayed and immediate measuresLexical decisionProbe recognitionFalse recognitionPeople infer, without any intention or awareness, personality traits about actors enacting diagnostic behaviors. This phenomenon is known as spontaneous trait inferences (STIs). The activation of a trait is considered to be a true inference when it results from processing the meaning of the whole behavioral description. However, a trait can also become activated due to intra-lexical associations with individual words in the description. Here, we suggest a method to distinguish the two sources of activation and explore the influence that word-based priming has on some of the most popular paradigms used to study STIs. Results show that in the probe recognition task, word-based priming plays a considerable role and can, in the absence of an appropriate control, mimic spontaneous trait inference occurrence. However, in the false recognition task and in the explicit trait judgment task, the role of this spurious activation is negligible and the real trait inference can be easily detected.Guileford PressRepositório da Universidade de LisboaOrghian, DianaRamos, TaniaGarcia-Marques, LeonelUleman, James2024-01-25T16:28:09Z20192024-01-24T14:27:47Z2019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/62242engOrghian, D., Ramos, T., Garcia-Marques, L., & Uleman, J. (2019). Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences. Social Cognition, 37(2), 145-173. https://doi.org/10.1521/SOCO.2019.37.2.1450278-016Xcv-prod-125286810.1521/SOCO.2019.37.2.1452-s2.0-85065501667info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-29T01:21:08Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/62242Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:58:38.680502Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
title Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
spellingShingle Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
Orghian, Diana
Spontaneous trait inference
Word-based priming
Delayed and immediate measures
Lexical decision
Probe recognition
False recognition
title_short Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
title_full Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
title_fullStr Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
title_full_unstemmed Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
title_sort Activation is not always inference: Word-based priming in spontaneous trait inferences
author Orghian, Diana
author_facet Orghian, Diana
Ramos, Tania
Garcia-Marques, Leonel
Uleman, James
author_role author
author2 Ramos, Tania
Garcia-Marques, Leonel
Uleman, James
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Orghian, Diana
Ramos, Tania
Garcia-Marques, Leonel
Uleman, James
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Spontaneous trait inference
Word-based priming
Delayed and immediate measures
Lexical decision
Probe recognition
False recognition
topic Spontaneous trait inference
Word-based priming
Delayed and immediate measures
Lexical decision
Probe recognition
False recognition
description People infer, without any intention or awareness, personality traits about actors enacting diagnostic behaviors. This phenomenon is known as spontaneous trait inferences (STIs). The activation of a trait is considered to be a true inference when it results from processing the meaning of the whole behavioral description. However, a trait can also become activated due to intra-lexical associations with individual words in the description. Here, we suggest a method to distinguish the two sources of activation and explore the influence that word-based priming has on some of the most popular paradigms used to study STIs. Results show that in the probe recognition task, word-based priming plays a considerable role and can, in the absence of an appropriate control, mimic spontaneous trait inference occurrence. However, in the false recognition task and in the explicit trait judgment task, the role of this spurious activation is negligible and the real trait inference can be easily detected.
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