Gosling et al - Room with a cue - 2002 - personality judgements based on bedrooms and offices
9 important questions on Gosling et al - Room with a cue - 2002 - personality judgements based on bedrooms and offices
Describe the mechanism which impact observers impression of personality, based on personal environment and processes?
underlying disposition -
manifest behavior -
residue/evidence of behavior.
The first step is that observers infer behavior from residu and
step two is that they infer dispositions from behavior.
Or observers infer stereotypes from residues and associated traits from behavior.
There is a underlying construct
-> a lens by cues
-> observer judgements =
functional achievement / observer accuracy.
Which four mechanisms or cue types are there?
- Other directed identity claims (personal certificate)
- Interior behavior residue (papers)
- Exterioir behavior residue (umbrellas)
Which four underlying dispositions, manifest behavior and residue/evidences are there?
- Social responsible (other directed) - Voting (residue I vote sticker)
- Conscientious (interior residue) - organize belongings (organized workspace
- Sensation seeking (exterior behavioral) - snowboarding (snowboard in room)
- Higher grades + faster learning
- Never study anything twice
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
Which four research questions did they use?
2) Which cues are been used?
3) Are observer ratings accurate?
4) Do sex stereotypes account for consensus and accuracy?
Which three sources of data collections were been used?
- Characteristics of the room (43 environmental features like numbersof books)
- Observer judgements ratings
What means cue validity?
Information connected to personality traits.
Examples: conscientieus -> organized, homogeneous bookcollections, cd's ..
Openness for experience - . distinctive, unconventional
What means cue utilization?
Examples:
Good versus poor condition of envir. (cons)
Decorated versus non decorated (extravert)
colorfull versus drab (extravert)
full versus empty (extravert-cons)
Veried magazines (extravert-openess-cons)
Many (of few) CD's
Stylish
What is the general conclusion of the study?
Stereotype use sexe and race differences
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- Never study anything twice again
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- 100% sure, 100% understanding