| Abstract: | Ss were timed in 3 experiments as they answered 2 consecutive questions about stimulus sentences. The measure of interest was the extent to which answering the 1st question speeded-up answering the 2nd. The order of questions about person and situation influences on behavior was manipulated. Results indicated that the person judgment facilitated the situation judgment significantly more than the situation judgment facilitated the person judgment. The pattern of facilitation was reversed when Ss answered questions about themselves. Results are consistent with a model of concurrent resource allocation to person and situation information in conditions where the primary judgment task involves salient information. However, they are not consistent with a unidimensional or automatic view of person and situation judgments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
