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Ecker, Yael ORCID: 0000-0001-9431-0242 and Bar-Anan, Yoav (2019). Conceptual overlap between stimuli increases misattribution of internal experience. J. Exp. Soc. Psychol., 83. S. 1 - 11. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1096-0465

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Abstract

People make sense of their internal experiences by attributing them to objects (I am excited because he is here). This attribution decision influences ones opinion of the object (I like him). Misattribution occurs when the internal experience is triggered by one object (a prime), but attributed to another (a target). The present research used the Affect Misattribution Procedure to examine the influence of conceptual overlap between the prime and the target on misattribution of valenced internal experiences. For instance, would people misattribute the pleasure activated by a flower prime to a target flower more than to a person? We argue that the valence of the internal experience does not enter the attribution process alone, but is rather accompanied by semantic properties related to the object that generated the experience. Consequently, misattribution occurs more when prime and target are conceptually similar. Four experiments (Total N = 3183) supported that prediction, using diverse primes and targets. The results suggest that the semantic properties of the internal experience help guide the attribution process.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ecker, Yael UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9431-0242 UNSPECIFIED Bar-Anan, Yoav UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-136792
DOI:	10.1016/j.jesp.2019.03.006
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Exp. Soc. Psychol.
Volume:	83
Page Range:	S. 1 - 11
Date:	2019
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1096-0465
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FLEXIBLE CORRECTION; NAIVE THEORIES; JUDGMENTS; CATEGORIZATION; ASSIMILATION; ATTRIBUTION; PERCEPTION; IMPLICIT; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13679