Changing explicit and implicit attitudes: The case of self-esteem

By Mandy Grumm, Steffen Nestler, Gernot von Collani. 2009

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Three experiments investigated predictions concerning asymmetrical patterns of implicit and explicit self-esteem change. Specifically, we investigated the influence of knowledge about the own self that is momentarily salient as well as the influence of affective valence associated with the self in memory on implicit and explicit self-esteem. The latter was induced by evaluative conditioning, the former by directed thinking about oneself. We found that while evaluative conditioning changed implicit but not explicit self-esteem (Experiment 1), thinking about the own self altered explicit but not implicit self-esteem (Experiment 2). Moreover, in a third experiment, it could be shown that the effect of evaluative conditioning can spill over to the explicit level when participants are asked to focus on their feelings prior to making their self-report judgements (Experiment 3). Implications of our results are discussed in terms of recent controversies regarding dual-process models of attitudes and associative versus propositional modes of information processing.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Unraveling respect in organization studies (2014, background): “Appraisal respect effects on self-esteem Appraisal respect influences explicit self-esteem because it is the cognitive esteem of which people are aware and therefore influenced by identity-relevant events (Gawronski and Bodenhausen, 2006; Gawronski and Strack, 2004; Grumm et al., 2009).”
12. Formation, change, and contextualization of mental associations: determinants and principles of variations in implicit measures (2010, methodology): “Again, this assumption is consistent with several studies showing effects on explicit but not implicit mea~ sures (e.g., Gawronski & Strack, 2004; Gregg et al., 2006; Grumm et al., 2009).”
Attitude, Inference, Association: On the Propositional Structure of Implicit Bias (2016, background): “The support for this type of dual-process theory has not only pervaded the implicit attitude literature (e.g., Gawronski & Bodenhausen 2006; Grumm et al. 2009) but has also grown outside of social psychology (see, e.”
The Associative–Propositional Evaluation Model: Theory, Evidence, and Open Questions (2011, methodology): “In fact, even though a significant body of research has supported novel predictions of the APE model in an a priori fashion (e.g., Gawronski, Deutsch, Mbirkou, Seibt, & Strack, 2008; Gawronski & LeBel, 2008; Grumm et al., 2009; Whitfield & Jordan, 2009), the results of a small number studies are dif”