The Concept of Information Redundancy in Social Cognition.

Abstract

The following question is addressed. How do multiple, simultaneously present cognitive structures influence the representation and recall of social information? In an empirical study examining both free and cued recall, we found that variable information redundancy to influence both the organization and accuracy of subjects' recollections of trait-related behaviors. Redundancy was defined in terms of the degree of person/trait overlap in a social information ensemble. Some evidence indicated that this effect is attributable to an increase in the discriminability of the organizational structures during encoding. The implications of these findings for understanding the formation of integrated cognitive representations of individuals are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1983
Accession Number
ADA137281

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  • G. R. Bovee
  • J. B. Pryor
  • T. L. Kott

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  • Ohio State University

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  • Psychology

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