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3044.2 A realistic social approach to personality judgment: Challenges, assumptions, assertions,
and extensions, R.M. Furr 1 , D.C. Funder 2 , 1 Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA;
2
University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
In person perception, the study of accuracy was long interrupted by four core challenges -
methodological ambiguity, criterion ambiguity, early preoccupation with the judge, and later
preoccupation with cognition. The newer wave of research to address these challenges is based on
five fundamental principles: traits exist and affect behavior, personality judgments come from
behavioral observations, research should be based on multiple sources of data, personality
judgment occurs within a social context, and accuracy depends on more than the judge and his or
her cognitive processes. Emerging directions of accuracy research build upon this foundation.
3044.3 Using the social relations model to study interpersonal perception, J.D. Korchmaros 1 ,
D.A. Kenny 2 , 1 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA; 2 University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT, USA
The Social Relations Model (SRM) is a componential model of dyadic processes. When applied to
interpersonal perception, the three components are a) perceiver (how it is that the person generally
views others), b) target (how the person is generally viewed by others), and c) relationship (how
the perceiver uniquely views the target). The perceiver and target components of the SRM refer to
individual differences in perception. Using data from two studies of helping (one a zero
acquaintance study and the other a dyadic interaction study), we describe how the model can be
used to study individual differences. Several examples are presented.
3044.4 Culture and self-regulatory thought, G. Oettingen 1, 2 , 1 New York University, New York,
NY, USA; 2 University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Fantasy realization theory holds that mentally contrasting a desired future with impeding reality
makes people set binding goals in light of high expectations of success and refrain from goal
setting in light of low expectations (Oettingen, 1999, 2000). Other forms of self-regulatory
thought such as indulging in a desired future and dwelling on impeding reality lead to goal setting
independent of expectations. Based on experiments supporting the model, I will analyze how
cultural variables (e.g., values) impact on self-regulatory thought and how, in turn, self-regulatory
thought entertained by members of a given culture influences the culture’s development.
3044.5 Evidence for an evaluative bias against stimuli that do not ‘fit in’, M. Rubin, S. Paolini,
R. Crisp, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia; University of Birmingham, UK
I present evidence that people make relatively negative judgments about stimuli that (a) have
migrated from one category to another (migrant stimuli), (b) have been excluded from the
category system (excluded stimuli), or (c) belong to multiple categories within the category
system (transgressive stimuli). In three experiments (Ns = 30, 30, & 88), we asked participants to
evaluate a series of letter or shape stimuli that were presented inside and outside related categories.
We found most evidence in support of the migration hypothesis. I conclude by discussing the
implications of this deviant stimulus bias for the perception of social stimuli.
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