Ambivalence and Response Amplification: A Motivational Perspective

By David Bell, Victoria M. Esses. 2002

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

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Students’ Preconceptions of Professors: Benefits and Barriers According to Ethnicity and Gender (2005, background): “Response amplification (Bell & Esses, 2002; Fiske, 2004) is thought to occur when people are motivated to reduce their ambivalence about members of out-groups.”
Motivated Processing (2015, background): “For example, uncertain health news arouses ambivalent feelings (Chang, 2013), which are uncomfortable states (Monteith, 1996) that trigger motivated processing or reasoning (Bell & Esses, 2002; Chang, 2011b, 2012; MacDonald & Zanna, 1998).”
Understanding The Dual Nature of Ambivalence: Why and When Ambivalence Leads to Good and Bad Outcomes (2017, unknown): “Motivation to reduce negative affect Bell and Esses, 2002; Clark, Wegener, & Fabrigar, 2008; Haas et al., 1991; Katz & Glass, 1979; Katz & Haas, 1988; MacDonald & Zanna, 1998; Norgren et al, 2006; Nowlis, Kahn & Dhar, 2002; Pratt & Doucet, 2000; Sawicki et al, 2013; Vader & Pratt, 2013 2.”
Wanting other attitudes: Actual–desired attitude discrepancies predict feelings of ambivalence and ambivalence consequences (2014, background): “6 As such, people are motivated to reduce feelings of ambivalence, and will often do so by informational means (e.g., Bell & Esses, 2002).”
Insecure attachment predicts ambivalent social threat and reward perceptions in romantic relationships (2013, background): “…more generally, the tension that ambivalence creates can have a number of negative consequences, such as feelings of discomfort (van Harreveld, Rutjens, Rotteveel, Nordgren, & van der Pligt, 2009) and more extreme, inconsistent behavior (e.g., Armitage & Conner, 2000; Bell & Esses, 2002).”
Feeling Ambivalent About Going Green (2011, background): “Similarly, feeling ambivalence suggests conflicting attitudes and therefore is associated with discomfort and aversion (Bell and Esses 2002; Hass et al. 1992; Nordgren, van Harreveld, and ven der Plight 2006).”
Ambivalence in Organizations: A Multilevel Approach (2014, background): “…is the primary nonconscious form of domination, where one essentially exaggerates either the positive or negative orientation to the object so as to override or “dominate” the other orientation and thereby relieve ambivalence (Baumeister et al. 1998, Bell and Esses 2002, Katz and Glass 1979).”
Attitudes and persuasion. (2006, unknown): “Ambivalence toward social targets appears especially important because of its role in forming social perceptions (Bell & Esses 2002, Maio et al. 2001) and”