Meeting a deviant person: Subjective norms and affective reactions

Heinemann, Wolfgang; Pellander, Fritz; Vogelbusch, Antje; Wojtek, Barbara

doi:10.1002/ejsp.2420110101

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“…To the extent that there exists an overgeneralization bias (Zebrowitz, Fellous, Mignault, & Andreoletti, 2003; Zebrowitz & Rhodes, 2004), one would expect perceivers to react similarly to other physical disfigurements as well. Consistent with this bias, people appear to heuristically associate many benign physical abnormalities with contagious disease (e.g., Park, Schaller, & Crandall, 2007; Schaller, Park, & Faulkner, 2003; Zebrowitz et al, 2003), and when confronting individuals who possess such abnormalities, exhibit the kinds of avoidant behaviors that would minimize contagion risk, if such risk existed (e.g., Heinemann, Pellander, Vogelbusch, & Wojtek, 1981; Houston & Bull, 1994). …”

Section: Interpersonal Threat Processing and Physical Disfigurementmentioning

confidence: 96%

A pox on the mind: Disjunction of attention and memory in the processing of physical disfigurement

Ackerman

Becker

Mortensen

et al. 2009

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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The unfavorable treatment of people with physical disfigurements is well-documented, yet little is known about basic perceptual and cognitive responses to disfigurement. Here, we identify a specialized pattern of cognitive processing consistent with the hypothesis that disfigurements act as heuristic cues to contagious disease. Disfigurements are often invariant across time and difficult to conceal, and thus observers can detect the presence of such cues without necessarily remembering the particular individuals bearing these cues. Indeed, despite the fact that disfigured faces were especially likely to hold disease-sensitive perceivers' attention (Study 1), disfigured individuals were often confused with one another and thus not well remembered later (Study 2), revealing a disjunction of the typical relationship between elevated attention and elevated memory. We discuss the implications of our results for stigmatization of people with and without physical abnormalities and suggest the possibility that cognitive mechanisms for processing social information may be functionally tuned to the variant nature of important cues.

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Section: Interpersonal Threat Processing and Physical Disfigurementmentioning

confidence: 96%

A pox on the mind: Disjunction of attention and memory in the processing of physical disfigurement

Ackerman

Becker

Mortensen

et al. 2009

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

195

168

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“…The psychophysiological measures used in these studies included electrodermal activity (Heinemann et al, 1981;Kleck et al, 1966;Wesolowski & Deichmann, 1980;Zych & Bolton, 1972), heart rate (Gargiulo & Yonker, 1983;Marinelli & Kelz, 1973;Wesolowski & Deichmann, 1980), or the PSE (Vander Kolk, 1976aKolk, , 1976bKolk, ,4 1977a.…”

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Psychophysiological Assessment of Prejudice: Past Research, Current Status, and Future Directions

1999

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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Many early studies of prejudice adopted psychophysiological measures as a way to circumvent the limitations of self-report instruments. Despite serious methodological weaknesses, that literature consistently points to the value of physiological probes as nonreactive indexes of affective responses to target stimuli. Possible reasons for the virtual abandonment of psychophysiological approaches in the study of prejudice over the last 15 years are outlined, and their reintroduction is advocated on methodological and conceptual grounds. Theoretical perspectives and empirical research in a closely related area, the psychophysiology of emotion, are reviewed and the implications of this literature for the study of prejudice are discussed. Several psychophysiological approaches have been found valuable for assessing the valence and intensity of emotional responses. The availability of these tools, together with the shifting theoretical zeitgeist, make prejudice research ready for a return to psychophysiological methodologies. A multi-method prejudice assessment model is proposed and its theoretical and heuristic advantages are discussed.

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“…For many able-bodied persons, the prospect of interacting with people who are disabled is uncomfortable. Similarly, persons with disabilities are acutely aware that many able-bodied persons seem to be uncertain and awkward around them, and this uneasiness can lead to defensiveness, strained communication, or the feeling they are not wanted (Braithwaite, 1990(Braithwaite, , 1996Coleman & DePaulo, 1991;Grove & Werkman, 1991;Havranek, 1991;Heinemann, Pellander, Vogelbusch, & Wojtek, 1981;Thompson, 1982;Thompson & Seibold, 1978). A number of social and emotional problems result from the condition of being "cut off" from the larger society.…”

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confidence: 99%

Communication of Social Support in Computer-Mediated Groups for People With Disabilities

Braithwaite¹,

Waldron²,

Finn³

1999

Health Communication

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359

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Meeting a deviant person: Subjective norms and affective reactions

Cited by 23 publications

References 25 publications

A pox on the mind: Disjunction of attention and memory in the processing of physical disfigurement

A pox on the mind: Disjunction of attention and memory in the processing of physical disfigurement

Psychophysiological Assessment of Prejudice: Past Research, Current Status, and Future Directions

Communication of Social Support in Computer-Mediated Groups for People With Disabilities

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