Association of need for cognition with judgments of height, weight, and body fat covariation
| Autor: | Brandie McDougal, Shalla M. Haire, Joseph R. McGahan, Homa Marashi, Phillip L. Pryor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Need for cognition
Male Persuasion Illusory correlation Personality Inventory media_common.quotation_subject Illusion 050109 social psychology Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Body Image Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Students General Psychology Internal-External Control Elaboration likelihood model media_common 05 social sciences Body Weight 030229 sport sciences Illusions Body Height Body Composition Female Negative correlation Personality Assessment Inventory Probability Learning Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological reports. 87(3 Pt 2) |
| ISSN: | 0033-2941 |
| Popis: | 559 college students, assessed for Need for Cognition, judged whether height, weight, and body fat were correlated using judgment probes that controlled for framing and conditional format. A principal components analysis of Need for Cognition scores identified two factors underlying the scale, which may be important in judgment outcome. In addition, judgments about correlations among height, weight, and body fat were similar to those of previous studies. Furthermore, the hypothesis that Need for Cognition would be related to the tendency to judge a negative correlation between height and body fat, i.e., a possible illusory correlation, was confirmed. Results are discussed relative to the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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