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The determinants of differential group evaluations in distinctiveness‐based illusory correlations in stereotyping
Author(s) -
Johnson Craig,
Mullen Brian
Publication year - 1993
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.2044-8309.1993.tb00999.x
Subject(s) - optimal distinctiveness theory , psychology , correlation , differential (mechanical device) , social psychology , task (project management) , cognition , group (periodic table) , cognitive psychology , differential effects , mathematics , medicine , chemistry , geometry , management , organic chemistry , neuroscience , engineering , economics , aerospace engineering
A meta‐analytic strategy was utilized to examine the determinants of differential group evaluations in the distinctiveness‐based illusory correlation paradigm. Illusory correlations measured by the estimation task proved to be a much stronger predictor of differential group evaluations than illusory correlations measured by the assignment task. Moreover, differential group evaluations seemed more dependent upon affective responses than upon cognitive load. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications regarding the mechanism(s) underlying the illusory correlation effect.