TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coutant, Dawna K.
TI  - The effect of a power-imbalanced situation on the cognitive processing of low-power group members
PY  - 2006///
KW  - Impression formation
KW  - Intergroup dynamics
KW  - Power
KW  - Social cognition
KW  - Social perception
N1  - Psychology
N2  - 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
ER  -