Event overview
Dr. Ana Guinote, Department of Psychology, University College London
Title: Power and situated attentional focus: Consequences for judgment and behavior
Abstract:
Powerful individuals have less constraint and can act at will. These individuals have more cognitive resources for any task at hand, and can devote their undivided attention in line with activated constructs. In the present talk I will discuss research pointing out that power increases selective attention, and this in turn affects judgment and behaviour. According to the Situated Focus Theory of Power (Guinote, ERSP, 2007) the greater attentional focus of powerful individuals leads to more situated responses: Factors that drive cognition such as motivation (e.g., needs, goals, expectancies), inner experiences (e.g., feelings, ease-of-retrieval), as well as properties of the environment (e.g., affordances), guide more selectively the responses of powerful compared to powerless individuals. Furthermore, the greater attentional focus of powerful individuals promotes 3 content-free signatures of behaviour: readiness to act, prioritization and behaviour variability across situations. I will discuss studies pointing out greater variability in judgment and behaviour across situations, including studies that pinpoint the effects of person related factors against situational factors in the construction of judgment (e.g., chronic vs. temporary accessibility).
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/psychology/dept-seminar-series.php
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan 2009 | 4:00pm - 5:15pm |
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