Abstract
Affect control theory focuses on interaction among individuals, not groups. Groups, like individual identities, vary in affective sentiments across the dimensions of evaluation, potency, and activity, but a separate literature shows the importance of the group perceptions of entitativity, homogeneity, essentialism, and agency. Therefore, to consider affect control theory's applicability to groups, we compare these principal group perceptions to affective sentiments for 64 group concepts. The results reveal that affective sentiments correlate with all four group perceptions in meaningful ways.
Recommended Citation
Shank, D. B., & Burns, A. (2018). Comparing Groups' Affective Sentiments to Group Perceptions. Current Research in Social Psychology, 26(5), pp. 55-66. University of Iowa.
Department(s)
Psychological Science
Keywords and Phrases
Controlled Study; Human; Perception
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1088-7423
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 The Authors, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Nov 2018
Comments
This work was funded by the University of Missouri System Research Board Grant “Affective Impression of Groups versus Individuals” to Daniel B. Shank.