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Acknowledging the role of word-based activation in spontaneous trait inferences
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The first goal of the present paper is to call attention to a confounder in studies that explore
Spontaneous Trait Inferences (STI). These studies use, most of the times, behavioral descriptions
which strongly imply personality traits about the actor of the behavior. However, a potential limitation
of this material is the possibility of the trait being activated by specific words in the sentence (wordbased priming) and not, or not only, by an inference made based on the comprehension of the
behavioral sentence as a whole (text-based priming). This aspect has been recurrently ignored in
previous studies. In the present paper, we discuss how the word-based priming may have obscured
the interpretation of previous results in the STI literature. A second goal of this paper is to present a
potential solution for this problem. We created a set of 122 trait-implying sentences and their
correspondent control versions. These control sentences have approximately the same words as the
trait-implying sentences, but the words are rearranged in such a way that the sentences no longer
imply the target traits. By keeping the words constant, we control for the activation from individual
words in the sentences (word-based priming). Thus, differences in trait activation between the two
sentences can only be attributed to text-based priming. Researchers interested in investigating STI in
the Portuguese language can use these materials in their studies. With this paper, we hope to stimulate
a discussion about the mechanisms responsible for the trait activation in STI studies.
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Inference Spontaneous trait inference Word-based activation Rearranged sentences
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Orghian, D., Ramos, T., Reis, J., & Garcia-Marques, L. (2018). Acknowledging the role of word-based activation in spontaneous trait inferences. Análise Psicológica, 36(1), 115-131. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1319
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ISPA - Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada