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Social judgment reluctance: individual differences in impression formation motivations and behaviors
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Maimon, Melanie Rachel. Social judgment reluctance: individual differences in impression formation motivations and behaviors. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-fh42-3t87

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TitleSocial judgment reluctance: individual differences in impression formation motivations and behaviors
NameMaimon, Melanie Rachel (author); Sanchez, Diana (chair); Rudman, Laurie A (member); Wilder, David (member); Chen, Jacqueline M (member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2023
Other Date2023-05 (degree)
SubjectSocial psychology, Impression formation, Individual differences, Person perception, Social cognition
Extent110 pages
DescriptionImpression formation theories propose that perceivers effortfully update their automatic impressions of others when they have sufficient time, cognitive ability, and motivation. In this dissertation, I propose a novel impression formation motive, social judgment reluctance (SJR), which accounts for perceivers’ reluctance to trust their initial impressions of others and their desire to learn more about others to form accurate impressions. Across six studies, I developed and refined a measure of SJR (Pilot Studies 1 and 2). Results revealed two SJR factors (SJR-information seeking and SJR-gut distrust) that have distinct relationships to existing individual difference measures (Studies 1 and 2). The present research established valid and reliable SJR factors (Studies 1 and 2). Across two studies, I examined the predictive utility of the SJR factors in impression formation and behavioral attribution contexts (Studies 3 and 4). Higher SJR-information seeking related to providing more “no opinion” responses when asked about impressions of others, and attributing blame to external factors more and dispositional factors less for negative outcomes with ambiguous causes. Higher SJR-gut distrust related to providing more neutral responses when asked about impressions of others, attributing blame to external factors more for negative outcomes with ambiguous causes, and being less confident in impressions and attributions. These SJR factors are thus expected to provide useful insight into perceivers’ impressions and attributions in many areas of research, including in future research on person perception, intergroup relations, close relationships, and identity threat.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-fh42-3t87
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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