Abstract
Although a great deal is now known about how people mentally represent individuals and groups, less attention has been paid to the question of how interpersonal relationships are represented in memory. Drawing on principles of categorization, this paper reports an investigation into how we mentally represent the relationships of others. In three experiments, evidence for assimilation effects following social exclusion (and subsequent categorization) is found. Experiment 1 uses a judgment paradigm to demonstrate that social exclusion influences the perception of interpersonal closeness. Experiments 2 and 3 employ a memory confusion paradigm to establish that representations of relationship partners are assimilated following the exclusion of a third party. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI
10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.002
Publication Date
2008-07-01
Publication Title
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Volume
44
Issue
4
Publisher
Elsevier BV
ISSN
0022-1031
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
First Page
1003
Last Page
1012
Recommended Citation
Wyer, N. (2008) 'Cognitive consequences of perceiving social exclusion', Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44(4), pp. 1003-1012. Elsevier BV: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.002
