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Conceptions of own versus others' outcomes: Manipulation by monaural attentional orientation
Author(s) -
Drake Roger A.
Publication year - 1987
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/ejsp.2420170313
Subject(s) - monaural , psychology , optimism , orientation (vector space) , binaural recording , lateralization of brain function , audiology , social psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , geometry , mathematics
Previous research found that greater personal optimism was produced during selective left hemisphere activation. In that research the selective activation was manipulated by contralateral visual orientation of attention. The present experiment replicated and extended this effect using monaural stimulation. In addition, a significant reduction in variability of responding was found, as expected, in the monaural as compared to binaural groups, and a significant correlation was found between individual desire for control and optimism.