“Meaningful” social inferences: Effects of implicit theories on inferential processes

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A Distributed Cognition Perspective on Newcomers' Change Processes: The Management of Cognitive Uncertainty in Two Investment Banks (2007, background): “In both banks, a distinct cognitive style emerged, evidencing a preference for a particular way of thinking (Kühnen, Hannover, and Schubert, 2001; Molden, Plaks, and Dweck, 2006).”
When Humanizing Brands Goes Wrong: The Detrimental Effect of Brand Anthropomorphization amid Product Wrongdoings (2013, background): “In essence, Molden, Plaks, and Dweck (2006) establish that after initially categorizing what type of behavior is performed, incremental theorists further characterize behaviors in terms of the person’s situational demands, whereas entity theorists explicate behaviors in terms of the person’s traits.”
Lay Theories of Personality: Cornerstones of Meaning in Social Cognition (2009, background): “…Social and Personality Psychology Compass 3/6 (2009): 1069–1081, 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00222.x Journal Compilation ª 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Molden, Plaks, and Dweck (2006) took these ideas an important step further by examining implications of the trait versus process focus for basic…”