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ESCON Best Paper Award 2006 - Announcement |
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| Posted by: | Anna Clark |
| Title/Position: | Program Coordinator |
| School/Organization: | European Social Cognition Network |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP |
| Date posted: | October 23rd, 2006 |
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European Social Cognition Network (ESCON)
Best Paper Award 2006
The ESCON Best Paper Award is presented each year at the annual Transfer of Knowledge Conference for the best paper presented by a junior (Ph.D.) researcher.
This year the "Best Paper" was awarded to Mario Weick (University of Kent) for his paper entitled “When subjective experience Matters: Power Increases Reliance on the Ease of Retrieval,” co-authored by Ana Guinote (see below for the full reference and abstract).
ESCON is dedicated to providing a collaborative and interactive platform for cutting edge social cognition research. The annual Transfer of Knowledge Conferences are aimed at promoting and networking young social cognition researchers. For more information see the ESCON website: www.social-cognition.org
ESCON Best Paper Award – 2006
Weick, M., & Guinote, A. (submitted). When Subjective Experience Matters: Power Increases Reliance on the Ease of Retrieval.
Abstract:
Researchers have argued that power increases the use of heuristics and stereotypes. However, past research focused exclusively on declarative knowledge while the role of subjective experiences has been neglected. Using the ease-of-retrieval paradigm (Schwarz et al., 1991) five studies tested the assumption that elevated power increases reliance on the experienced ease or difficulty that accompanies thought generation. Across a variety of targets such as attitudes, spare-time satisfaction, and stereotyping, and using different operationalizations of power including priming, trait-dominance, and actual power in managerial contexts, power consistently increased reliance on the ease of retrieval. These effects were not mediated by mood, quality of the retrieved information, or number of counter-attitudinal thoughts. Furthermore, one study demonstrated that ease of retrieval effects can be permanent, affecting judgments made later. Theoretical and practical implications for the presented findings are discussed. For example, we found that power increased the tendency to use stereotypes when retrieval of stereotypic information was easy. However, when participants encountered difficulties in retrieving stereotypic information from memory power decreased the use of stereotypes. These results qualify the notion that power promotes the expression of core attitudes and dispositions of a person and contribute to the understanding of inconsistencies in prior research.
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