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Krueger, Tobias, Fiedler, Klaus, Koch, Alex Stefan and Alves, Hans (2014). Response Category Width as a Psychophysical Manifestation of Construal Level and Distance. Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull., 40 (4). S. 501 - 513. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-7433

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Abstract

The present research suggests that people adjust their mental response scales to an object's distance and construal level. People make use of wider response categories when they judge distant and abstract as compared with close and concrete stimuli. Across five experiments, participants worked on visual and verbal estimation problems (e.g., length or quantity judgments). Answers were provided in interval format, and differences between minimal and maximal estimates served as a measure of response category width. When target objects were framed as spatially distant rather than close (Studies 1 and 3), as unlikely rather than likely (Study 2), and as abstract rather than concrete (Study 4), category widths increased. Similarly, priming a high-level rather than a low-level mindset yielded wider interval estimates (Study 5). The general discussion highlights the usefulness of category width as a basic measure of construal level and as a theoretical link between various branches of construal-level theory.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Krueger, Tobias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fiedler, Klaus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koch, Alex Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Alves, Hans UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-441909
DOI:	10.1177/0146167213517009
Journal or Publication Title:	Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull.
Volume:	40
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 501 - 513
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-7433
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE; TEMPORAL DISTANCE; JUDGMENT; SELF; EVENTS; FUTURE; RANGE; CONSEQUENCES; PROBABILITY; PERCEPTION Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44190