Implicit theories and context in personal recollection: Romanians' recall of their political and economic past
✍ Scribed by Alexandru Cuc; William Hirst
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Ross argued that people employ implicit theories of stability and change as they remember previously held attitudes or prior states of a}airs[ He acknowledged that the application of these theories is conditional\ but does not explore what these conditions might be[ We examine here whether implicit theories are context!sensitive\ that is\ whether implicit theories that apply when present and past contexts are similar also apply when the present and past contexts di}er[ The issue is explored by looking at Romanians| memory for previously held political opinions and prior prices for common and uncommon products[ The results suggest that memory for prices is sensitive to changes in the politicalÐeconomic environment\ but memory for political opinions is not [ Copyright Þ 1990