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A Study Of How We Perceive People, Muriel Kosaka
A Study Of How We Perceive People, Muriel Kosaka
Theses and Dissertations
In a now classic study, Srull and Wyer (1979) found that by priming participants with hostility related stimuli in a sentence unscrambling task caused subsequent judgment of a person (Donald) behaving ambiguously to be perceived as more hostile. As part of a larger, multi-lab collaborative study conducted by Randy McCarthy, the purpose of this study is to replicate the findings found in Srull and Wyer (1979) by focusing on two conditions that demonstrated a clear priming effect, the use of 30 sentences in the sentence unscrambling task and the immediate testing condition. Participants first completed a sentence unscrambling task, followed …
A Conceptual Replication To Investigate The Hostile Priming Effect, Charlotte Basch
A Conceptual Replication To Investigate The Hostile Priming Effect, Charlotte Basch
Theses and Dissertations
The current study attempts a conceptual replication of Srull and Wyer’s 1979 study on hostile priming as part of a large-scale replication. The current study did not find that participants who were exposed to the hostile phrases rated the individual as more hostile as the original study did.
Temporal Discounting And Sustainable Behaviors, Natalia Piskorski
Temporal Discounting And Sustainable Behaviors, Natalia Piskorski
Theses and Dissertations
An experimental study was conducted (N = 175) to test for differences between thinking about the future and the present when it came to sustainable behavior and attitudes. Previous studies show temporal discounting can be overcome at least in the short term to alter current behaviors; however, there is a gap in the literature in regards to sustainable behaviors. This study used similar techniques to determine whether environmentally protective behavior can be altered by having an individual imagine themselves in the future. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups, a current other, current self, or a future-self group. …