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An extension of the ‘two‐baskets’ theory to Native Americans
Author(s) -
Trafimow David,
Smith Mandy D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(1998110)28:6<1015::aid-ejsp900>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , social psychology , collective memory , extension (predicate logic) , sample (material) , law , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience , political science , computer science , programming language
A theory that private and collective self‐cognitions are stored in separate locations in memory (Trafimow, Triandis, & Goto, 1991; Trafimow, Silverman, Fan, & Law, 1997) was tested with a sample of participants (Native Americans) that differed substantially from those in previous research. Two findings supported the theory. First, participants retrieved more private self‐cognitions when the private self rather than the collective self was primed; but retrieved more collective self‐cognitions when the collective self rather than the private self was primed. Second, people were more likely to retrieve a private self‐cognition following another private self‐cognition than following a collective one, but were more likely to retrieve a collective self‐cognition following another collective one than following a private one. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.