The effect of a power-imbalanced situation on the cognitive processing of low-power group members /
Coutant, Dawna K.
The effect of a power-imbalanced situation on the cognitive processing of low-power group members / Dawna K. Coutant - March 2006 - Group Dynamics : Theory, Research, and Practice 10 : 1, pages 71-83 .
The present study examines cognitive processes of low-power group members in an intergroup power situation. An unbalanced power relationship was established between two groups and stability and size of a power discrepancy were manipulated. Seventy-two participants learned information about, and competed in a game against, a high-power outgroup. Significant main effects were obtained in an analysis of covariance of the amount of cognitive processing for stability of a power distribution. Low-power group members in unstable conditions recalled more attributes than participants in stable conditions. Implications for the importance of a low-power group member's perceptions of whether or not an opportunity exists to change the power situation are discussed.
Psychology.
Impression formation.
Intergroup dynamics.
Power.
Social cognition.
Social perception.
The effect of a power-imbalanced situation on the cognitive processing of low-power group members / Dawna K. Coutant - March 2006 - Group Dynamics : Theory, Research, and Practice 10 : 1, pages 71-83 .
The present study examines cognitive processes of low-power group members in an intergroup power situation. An unbalanced power relationship was established between two groups and stability and size of a power discrepancy were manipulated. Seventy-two participants learned information about, and competed in a game against, a high-power outgroup. Significant main effects were obtained in an analysis of covariance of the amount of cognitive processing for stability of a power distribution. Low-power group members in unstable conditions recalled more attributes than participants in stable conditions. Implications for the importance of a low-power group member's perceptions of whether or not an opportunity exists to change the power situation are discussed.
Psychology.
Impression formation.
Intergroup dynamics.
Power.
Social cognition.
Social perception.