Social Class Differences in N400 Indicate Differences in Spontaneous   Trait Inference

doi:10.1037/a0026104

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	Social Class Differences in N400 Indicate Differences in Spontaneous Trait Inference
	Varnum, Michael E. W. ; Na, Jinkyung ; Murata, Asuka ; Kitayama, Shinobu
刊名	journal of experimental psychology general
	2012
关键词	social class culture spontaneous trait inference N400 CULTURAL-DIFFERENCES BEHAVIOR COGNITION IMPRESSIONS ACTIVATION WORDS TASK SELF
DOI	10.1037/a0026104
英文摘要	An emerging literature indicates that dispositional bias in causal attribution of social behavior is weaker for people with working-class (vs. middle-class) backgrounds. However, it is unknown whether this difference is also present in spontaneous forms of trait inference. In the current work, American undergraduates were asked to merely memorize many pairings of a target face and a trait-implying behavior. In a subsequent lexical judgment task, after each face was presented as a fixation, either an implied trait or its antonym was given as a target. As expected, participants with college-educated parents (middle class) showed a strong N400 event-related potential component to the antonym (vs. the implied trait), suggesting spontaneous trait inference during the memorization phase. In contrast, those with high-school-educated parents (working class) showed no such effect. It is important to note that the N400 spontaneous trait inference effect was associated with perceived significance of dispositions in accounting for social behaviors.; Psychology, Experimental; PubMed; SSCI; 0; ARTICLE; 3; 518-526; 141
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/323400]
专题	心理与认知科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Varnum, Michael E. W.,Na, Jinkyung,Murata, Asuka,et al. Social Class Differences in N400 Indicate Differences in Spontaneous Trait Inference[J]. journal of experimental psychology general,2012.
APA	Varnum, Michael E. W.,Na, Jinkyung,Murata, Asuka,&Kitayama, Shinobu.(2012).Social Class Differences in N400 Indicate Differences in Spontaneous Trait Inference.journal of experimental psychology general.
MLA	Varnum, Michael E. W.,et al."Social Class Differences in N400 Indicate Differences in Spontaneous Trait Inference".journal of experimental psychology general (2012).