An extension of the ‘two-baskets’ theory to Native Americans

✍ Scribed by David Trafimow; Mandy D. Smith

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 119 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0046-2772
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(1998110)28:6<1015::aid-ejsp900>3.0.co;2-s

✦ Synopsis

A theory that private and collective self-cognitions are stored in separate locations in memory was tested with a sample of participants (Native Americans) that diered substantially from those in previous research. Two ®ndings supported the theory. First, participants retrieved more private self-cognitions when the private self rather than the collective self was primed; but retrieved more collective self-cognitions when the collective self rather than the private self was primed. Second, people were more likely to retrieve a private self-cognition following another private self-cognition than following a collective one, but were more likely to retrieve a collective self-cognition following another collective one than following a private one.