Authoritarianism, Projection, and Person Perception: What Do Authoritarians Infer From Another's Attempt to Rebut a Rumor?

Koller, Michael

doi:10.1207/s15324834basp1701&2_11

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“…Harrington & Bielby, 1995). Although the gun analogy may provide insights into when and why rumors are active, this model may not exhaust the full range of variables that are actually operating in the gen-eration and transmission process (see, e.g., Anthony, 1992;Anthony & Gibbins, 1995;Chelcea, Motescu, 6r Tighel, 1993;Chorus, 1953;Koller, 1995;Ojha, 1973;Pendleton, 1998), implying the need for further investigation in this area.…”

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Rumor and gossip in interpersonal interaction and beyond: A social exchange perspective.

Rosnow

2001

Behaving Badly: Aversive Behaviors in Interpersonal Relationships.

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Implicit in the notion that humans are social beings is the assumption that the giving and receiving of socially valued resources is essentially "wired into" human nature. However, humans are not totally rational animals, and thus it would be a mistake to think that a process akin to Bentham's (1 78111988) hedonic calculus is always operating in interpersonal relations. Nonetheless, social exchange is a convenient schema that can illuminate the instrumentality of perhaps the most common resources in our daily lives-rumor and gossip. The term social should not be mis-I express my gratitude to a long line of former and current students with whom I have had the good fortune to work, directly or indirectly, in the three substantive areas that are discussed in this chapter (rumor, gossip, and interpersonal acumen

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Section: Generation and Transmissionmentioning

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Rumor and gossip in interpersonal interaction and beyond: A social exchange perspective.

Rosnow

2001

Behaving Badly: Aversive Behaviors in Interpersonal Relationships.

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“…On the other hand, some researchers have focused attention on the individual correlates of authoritarianism. For example, what is the relationship between the construct and the processing of interpersonal information (e.g., Koller, 1995;Verkuyten & Hagendoorn, 1998) or religious attitudes (Hunsberger, 1995)? Research on authoritarianism has been advanced by the careful work of Altemeyer (1981Altemeyer ( , 1988Altemeyer ( , 1996, who continues to maintain the psychometric quality of his Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale (RWA).…”

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Implications of Authoritarianism for Young Adulthood: Longitudinal Analysis of College Experiences and Future Goals

Peterson

Lane

2001

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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Longitudinal data were used to explore links between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and young adult development. Analyses demonstrated that 4 years of college were related to reductions in RWA and that high-RWA participants who majored in the liberal arts had lower grade point averages. No grade effects were found for students in the professional schools. Explanations centered on the difficulty that high-RWA students might have with the ambiguous nature of liberal arts knowledge (e.g., hermeneutics, conflicting theories and data). In terms of goals after graduation, men and women high on authoritarianism had different expectations. Men scoring high on RWA focused on career goals, whereas high-RWA women experienced career confusion and expected marriage to entail increased responsibilities without personal rewards. Both genders high on RWA were also uninterested in exploring aspects of identity. Although focused on young adulthood, this study suggests that links exist between developmental theory in general and authoritarianism.

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“…Broadly defined, reputations are the attributes given to actors by others (Raub & Weesie, 1990;Wilson, 1985). The general basis of one's reputation is one's past behaviors as observed by others (Raub & Weesie, 1990), but even rumors can influence one's reputation (Koller, 1992(Koller, , 1995. Accordingly, individuals are not solely responsible for creating their own reputation or labels, others as well provide information that may contribute to one's reputation.…”

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Liking and attributions of motives as mediators of the relationships between individuals' reputations, helpful behaviors and raters' reward decisions.

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Kiker³

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Journal of Applied Psychology

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Two studies investigated the mediating effects of liking and attributions of motives on the relationship between a ratee's reputation and helpful behaviors and raters' reward decisions. During managerial simulations, raters evaluated individuals after watching videotapes in which the individual's reputation and helpful behaviors were manipulated. Results indicated an interaction effect between reputation and helpful behaviors such that a helpful person with a good reputation received more rewards than did a helpful person with a bad reputation. In contrast, an unhelpful person with a good reputation did not receive better rewards than an unhelpful person with a bad reputation. Moreover, raters' liking of ratees and the motives raters attributed to ratees' helpful behaviors mediated the relationship between the manipulations and raters' reward decisions.

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Authoritarianism, Projection, and Person Perception: What Do Authoritarians Infer From Another's Attempt to Rebut a Rumor?

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Rumor and gossip in interpersonal interaction and beyond: A social exchange perspective.

Rumor and gossip in interpersonal interaction and beyond: A social exchange perspective.

Implications of Authoritarianism for Young Adulthood: Longitudinal Analysis of College Experiences and Future Goals

Liking and attributions of motives as mediators of the relationships between individuals' reputations, helpful behaviors and raters' reward decisions.

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