The recent study (N = 122) examined whether older adults (M = 79 years) differed from younger age groups (Ms = 25 and 45 years) in their experience of 35 situations of unsolicited support selected from 7 content areas (e.g., health, cognition, finances, life management). Examined were reported occurrence, affective quality, interpretation, and strategies used when support was unwelcome. At all… Continue reading Unasked-for support and unsolicited advice: Age and the quality of social experience
Keyword: Experiences (Events)
Ease of retrieval as information: Another look at the availability heuristic
Experienced ease of recall was found to qualify the implications of recalled content. Ss who had to recall 12 examples of assertive (unassertive) behaviors, which was difficult, rated themselves as less assertive (less unassertive) than Ss who had to recall 6 examples, which was easy. In fact, Ss reported higher assertiveness after recalling 12 unassertive… Continue reading Ease of retrieval as information: Another look at the availability heuristic
Ease of retrieval as information: Another look at the availability heuristic
Experienced ease of recall was found to qualify the implications of recalled content. Ss who had to recall 12 examples of assertive (unassertive) behaviors, which was difficult, rated themselves as less assertive (less unassertive) than Ss who had to recall 6 examples, which was easy. In fact, Ss reported higher assertiveness after recalling 12 unassertive… Continue reading Ease of retrieval as information: Another look at the availability heuristic
Feelings as information: Implications for affective influences on information processing
The feelings-as-information model addresses the use of experiential information in judgment and reasoning. It treats moods as one of the many different types of affective and nonaffective feelings, all of which share the quality that they can serve as a source of information. Mood effects on evaluative judgment are traced to the use of a… Continue reading Feelings as information: Implications for affective influences on information processing
The generational basis of historical knowledge
focuses on actual knowledge about the past / considers a set of 11 political, social, and cultural events spread over the past 60 yrs, with each event posed separately / [Ss were 18-80 yr olds] / although the main concern is with the generational basis of knowledge, other social identities are considered that might contribute… Continue reading The generational basis of historical knowledge
A Survey Method for Characterizing Daily Life Experience: The Day Reconstruction Method
The Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) assesses how people spend their time and how they experience the various activities and settings of their lives, combining features of time-budget measurement and experience sampling. Participants systematically reconstruct their activities and experiences of the preceding day with procedures designed to reduce recall biases. The DRM's utility is shown by… Continue reading A Survey Method for Characterizing Daily Life Experience: The Day Reconstruction Method
Forming judgments of attitude certainty, intensity, and importance: The role of subjective experiences
Two studies examined the impact of subjective experiences on reports of attitude certainty, intensity, and importance. In Exp 1, Ss with moderate or extreme attitudes toward doctor-assisted suicide generated 3 (easy) or 7 (hard) arguments that either supported or countered their opinion toward the issue prior to indicating the strength of their attitude. Ss with… Continue reading Forming judgments of attitude certainty, intensity, and importance: The role of subjective experiences
Are (some) reports of attitude strength context dependent?
Assessed the impact of subjective experiences on judgment of attitude strength. 60 undergraduate Ss (median age 19 yrs) generated either 3 or 7 arguments that either supported. (for some Ss) or countered (for other Ss) their attitude toward doctor-assisted suicide, and subsequently indicated the strength of their attitude. Ss reported that their attitude was more… Continue reading Are (some) reports of attitude strength context dependent?
Autobiographical misremembering: John Dean is not alone
Survey respondents were asked to provide knowledge responses to public events and names that occurred as long ago as the 1930s and as recently as the 1980s. Respondents made errors that reflect the use of semantic and lexical memory systems, and reconstructive processes based on a semantic theme. Errors, as well as correct responses, are… Continue reading Autobiographical misremembering: John Dean is not alone