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Social roles and social perception biases: The questioner superiority effect revisited
Author(s) -
Davies Martin F.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1985.tb00687.x
Subject(s) - generality , psychology , attribution , salience (neuroscience) , social psychology , perception , cognitive psychology , social perception , social cognition , cognition , neuroscience , psychotherapist
It is argued that the findings of a study by Sumpton & Gregson (1981) which failed to show a questioner superiority effect for non‐quiz knowledge in the Ross et al. (1977) social roles paradigm were due to implied memory demands. In a replication of the Sumpton & Gregson design, a significant questioner superiority effect was found for non‐quiz knowledge when implied memory demands were minimized. A second experiment provided further evidence for the robustness of the questioner superiority effect by demonstrating persistence of the effect after evidential discrediting. The results are discussed with reference to the behavioural consequences of attributional judgements, the salience and relevance of contextual information, and the generality of the fundamental attribution error.