Minding the gap: Meaning, affect, and the potential shortcomings of vignettes
By J. Collett, Ellen Childs. 2011
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Despite an ongoing debate over the validity of vignettes, little research has explored either why, or in what research areas, the vignette method may be particularly problematic. In this paper, we draw on Affect Control Theory (ACT) to directly investigate the difference between vignettes and a more experiential method in research on social exchange and alternative dispute resolution. Using ACT’s affective dimensions of evaluation, potency, and activity, as well as its concept of deflection, we compare the affective responses of participants in two types of experimental simulations – vignettes and a laboratory experiment. Results suggest that a more tangible experience, like that present in our laboratory experiment, leads to greater deflection, therefore increasing the intensity of emotion and altering affective meanings. We argue that these findings could have important implications for research, particularly in areas exploring affective and cognitive outcomes of interaction.
Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science
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- Place leadership and regional economic development: a framework for cross-regional analysis (2019, methodology): “The vignette method has been subject to ongoing debate and investigation (Collett & Childs, 2011), but continues to be used to evaluate values and beliefs (Finch, 1987) and the variation in the practices of medical practitioners (Veloski, Tai, Evans, & Nash, 2005) and social welfare systems…”
- The impact of salesperson customer orientation on the evaluation of a salesperson’s ethical treatment, trust in the salesperson, and intentions to purchase (2015, background): “…research, particularly when studying decision-making in contextualized real-life situations and trying to strike a desirable balance between the internal and external validities found comparatively between survey and experimental studies (Atzmüller and Steiner 2010; Collett and Childs 2011).”