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information into a number of specific mental models or implicit exemplars, which are
subsequently processed in like concrete exemplars. We conducted a number of experiments in
which we demonstrate that, by manipulating the number of activated exemplars through either a
priming task or the use of large vs. small categories, it is possible to influence subsequent
judgements based on summary information.
3118.75 Development of rational and intuitive information-processing style inventory, Mayumi
Naito 1 , Kanae Suzuki 2 , Akira Sakamoto 3 , 1 The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Japan; 2 Tsukuba University; 3 Ochanomizu University
Information-Processing Style Inventory (IPSI), which measured individual differences in rational
and intuitive thinking (Pacini & Epstein, 1999), was developed in this study. In Study 1 (N=290),
a confirmatory factor analysis was performed to confirm that IPSI was composed of two factors,
that is, rationality and intuition. IPSI also had acceptable internal consistency, test-retest reliability,
and discriminant/ convergent validity. In Study 2 (N=237), the relation of IPSI with
probability-reasoning performance was examined to assess its construct validity. The results
indicated that respondents who had an intuitive style took representativeness heuristics, while
those who had a rational style took statistical principles.
3118.76 Effects of occupational stereotypes on recognition of behavior descriptions, Yoshitsugu
Fujishima, Showa Women's University, Japan
The present study investigated the effects of occupational stereotypes on recognition of behaviors.
Thirty-five female undergraduates read sentences describing 15 behaviors of the target female
whose occupation was a waitress or a librarian. Following some numerical calculation problems,
participants completed a recognition task. Participants remembered behaviors both consistent and
inconsistent with occupational stereotypes more accurately than unrelated behaviors. A month later,
participants completed the same recognition task. In this case, participants remembered the
stereotype-consistent behaviors less accurately than the unrelated behaviors. Conditions that
influence the ease of recognition of stereotype-consistent versus inconsistent information are
discussed.
3118.77 Resolutions for interpersonal conflict of middle school student, Zhi Zhang, Zhongjin
Dai, China
Nine kinds of interpersonal conflict situations were presented to 180 middle school students to
examine their preferred strategies of interpersonal conflict resolutions and relevant mental defense
mechanisms. The results showed that compromise-oriented strategy was predominant way. The
frequency of using confrontational and submissive strategies was related closely with the conflict
scenarios and figures. The resolution of confrontation was found most frequently in the case of
conflict with teachers and parents, while the submission resolution was used in the case with
schoolmates and friends. The mental defense mechanisms of conflict resolution developed as the
increase of age and socialization of student.
3118.78 Undergraduate students’ strategic characteristics of competition/cooperation oriented
and its relevant factors, Zhi Zhang, Xioudong Yan, Lihua Du, China
To investigate what strategies that undergraduate students prefer to choose for their successes,
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