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- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1990 American Psychological Association
- ISSN
- 0022-3514
- eISSN
- 1939-1315
- DOI
- 10.1037/0022-3514.59.1.140
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Master status people's behavior, physical appearance, or life circumstance is statistically unusual and centrally defining (e.g., the physically attractive, the obese, the intellectually gifted, the facially scarred, the talented, the athletic, Blacks, gays, the wealthy, rape and incest victims). These individuals were paired with people without such conditions. Each pair was left alone on a pretext and covertly videotaped. Pairs were then separated; each member spontaneously recalled information about her partner and the experimental room and provided a record of her thoughts and feelings during the interaction. As hypothesized, all master status Ss were particularly likely to be mindful in social interactions; they recalled detailed information about the situation and often took their partner's perspective during the interaction. The positive or negative connotations of the master status conditions were irrelevant in predicting Ss cognitions (mindfulness) but were critical in determining Ss behaviors (interaction strategies).
Journal
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology – American Psychological Association
Published: Jul 1, 1990