TY - JOUR
T1 - On the automatic association between America and aggression for news watchers
AU - Ferguson, Melissa J.
AU - Hassin, Ran R.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Across three experiments, the nonconscious perception of American cues increase the accessibility of aggressive constructs in memory, aggressive and negative judgments of other people, and aggressive displays of behavior following a mild provocation. These effects emerge only for American participants who regularly follow the American political news media. For American participants who do not follow the news, these effects are absent or tend to be in the opposite direction. Participants' political party orientation (Republican vs. Democratic) does not moderate any of the results. Interpretations and implications of the findings are discussed.
AB - Across three experiments, the nonconscious perception of American cues increase the accessibility of aggressive constructs in memory, aggressive and negative judgments of other people, and aggressive displays of behavior following a mild provocation. These effects emerge only for American participants who regularly follow the American political news media. For American participants who do not follow the news, these effects are absent or tend to be in the opposite direction. Participants' political party orientation (Republican vs. Democratic) does not moderate any of the results. Interpretations and implications of the findings are discussed.
KW - Aggression
KW - Ideology
KW - Implicit social cognition
KW - Nationalism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36049049403&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0146167207307493
DO - 10.1177/0146167207307493
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C2 - 18000099
AN - SCOPUS:36049049403
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 33
SP - 1632
EP - 1647
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
IS - 12
ER -