Information Search as Affected by Attribution Type and Response Category
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 1 (4) , 612-615
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014616727500100414
Abstract
A 2x4 split plot factorial experiment investigated the effects of person vs. stimulus attribution and response category (i.e., accomplishments, opinions, emotions and actions) on requests for consistency, consensus and distinctiveness informa tion. Requests for all three types of information were signifi cantly affected by both independent variables, alone and in interaction. Person attribution led to more requests for con sistency and distinctiveness information than stimulus attribu tion, while stimulus attribution led to more requests for consensus. Under person attribution, actions and accomplishments produced more consistency requests than emotions and opinions, while accomplishments produced greatest concern with distinc tiveness. Under stimulus attribution, accomplishments led to greatest concern with consensus.Keywords
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