Effects of Group Status and Cognitive Appraisal Prime on Integrative Complexity in a Decision Making Context

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dc.contributor.advisorStangor, Charlesen_US
dc.contributor.authorVan Allen, Katherine Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-19T07:15:08Z
dc.date.available2010-02-19T07:15:08Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractIntegrative complexity has been shown to influence information-processing and decision-making in different social situations. The present research assessed the effects of group status and cognitive appraisal prime on complexity in a group decision-making context. Experiment 1 assessed group status effects, and Experiment 2 tested whether priming threat or challenge would moderate those effects. Both experiments found that minority members showed greater complexity than majority members. Experiment 2 found that appraisal prime moderated the relationship between status and complexity. Minority members receiving the threat prime were the most complex, while majority members in the threat and control conditions were the least complex. The mediating roles of cognitive appraisal, anxiety, and coping expectancy were assessed, but none were found to be significant mediators of complexity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10030
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Socialen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Cognitiveen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcognitive appraisalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcognitive appraisal primeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcomplexityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgroup statusen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledintegrative complexityen_US
dc.titleEffects of Group Status and Cognitive Appraisal Prime on Integrative Complexity in a Decision Making Contexten_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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