When reality monitoring fails: The role of imagination in stereotype maintenance.

Slusher, Morgan P.; Anderson, Craig A.

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.52.4.653

Cited by 81 publications

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“…For example, when people have imagined particular events, they inflate their frequency estimates of corresponding real events (Johnson & Raye, 1981;Slusher & Anderson, 1987). According to Johnson and Raye (1981), people usually are able to distinguish real experiences from imaginings on the basis of contextual information (e.g., time and place), sensory information, semantic detail, and the like.…”

Section: Simulation and The Construction Of Realitymentioning

confidence: 97%

Coping and the Simulation of Events

Taylor¹,

Schneider²

1989

Social Cognition

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In this article we propose a cognitive theory of coping that centers on the mental simulation of past, future, and hypothetical events. We suggest that event simulation serves both problem-solving and emotional regulation functions for ongoing and past stressors through three main attributes: (1 ) simulation increases the perceived validity or truth of the imagined experience, (2) it provides a framework for organizing experience, and (3) it provides a mechanism for mustering particular emotions and arousal. These qualities, in turn, help translate thought into action by increasing the expectancy that the imagined event will occur, by providing plans and by increasing motivation. The article also attempts to integrate mundane planning, fantasy experience, goal seeking, and ruminative thought over past stressors into a single perspective on coping.

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Section: Simulation and The Construction Of Realitymentioning

confidence: 97%

Coping and the Simulation of Events

Taylor¹,

Schneider²

1989

Social Cognition

451

283

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“…The situation model is a representation that is a combination of the ideas presented in a text along with the inferences generated by the comprehender. This level of representation is the focus of our research because one influence of stereotypes involves their impact on the types of inferences people make (Dunning & Sherman, 1997; Slusher & Anderson, 1987). That is, if a stereotype is not explicitly stated in the text, but can be inferred, it would be only be represented at the situation model level, and not the surface and textbase levels.…”

Section: Aging and Comprehensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stereotype activation, inhibition, and aging

Radvansky

Copeland

Hippel

2010

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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This research explored age-related changes in drawing stereotypic inferences during the comprehension of narrative texts. Previous research suggests that declines in inhibitory function can lead older adults to rely more on stereotypes and be more prejudiced than younger adults, even in the face of a desire to be non-prejudiced. In two experiments reported here, younger and older adults read stories that allowed for stereotypic inferences. Older adults were less likely to inhibit stereotypic inferences as measured by recognition measures and lexical decision times. A third control experiment verified that the results of the lexical decision task were not due to a priori response biases for the specific target words. Overall, older adults were more likely to make and maintain stereotypic inferences than younger adults, potentially causing them to be more prejudiced than younger adults.

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“…Other research by Slusher and Anderson (1987) examined the role of stereotypes in source-monitoring processes more directly. This research demonstrated that stereotypes may influence perceivers' ability to distinguish imagined information from real information (i.e., reality monitoring; Johnson & Raye, 1981).…”

Section: Previous Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%