| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2014-085.10 |
| Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| No cure for correspondence bias: Diagnosis is not used to discount the trait inference
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| Publication year: | 2017
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URL:
| http://www.appe.pt/encontro/files/APPE17_ProgramaComunicacoes.pdf
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
People tend to draw dispositional inferences from behavior, neglecting situational explanations (correspondence bias; Gilbert & Malone, 1995). However, they discount the implied trait when there is an alternative explanation (Gilbert 2002). Behaviors symptomatic of mental disorders should be categorized as situational, not as dispositional traits (DSM-5). Our goal is to test whether disorder diagnosis lead to discounting trait inferences as situational explanations for behaviors. In six studies, we manipulated behavior account (neutral, physical impairment, disorder diagnosis) of paragraphs simultaneously implicative of traits and diagnosis (e.g., lazy-depression). We measured implicated traits rating. Together, these studies suggest that disorder diagnosis lead to insufficient discount, implying that they are not perceived as alternative behavior explanations.
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| Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Ferreira, M.
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Secondary author(s):
| Jacinto, S., Braga, J., Krendl, A., Collins, E.
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Document type:
| Abstract book
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Ferreira, M., Jacinto, S., Braga, J., Krendl, A., & Collins, E. (2017). No cure for correspondence bias: Diagnosis is not used to discount the trait inference. Abstract book of the 12º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental (p. 5). Porto, Portugal: APPE.
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| Indexed document: | No
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| Keywords: | Judgement / Dispositional inferences
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No cure for correspondence bias: Diagnosis is not used to discount the trait inference |