scholarly journals Social judgment theory based model on opinion formation, polarization and evolution

2014 ◽  
Vol 415 ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.F. Chau ◽  
C.Y. Wong ◽  
F.K. Chow ◽  
Chi-Hang Fred Fung
Keyword(s):  
Social Judgment ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
Social Judgment Theory

scholarly journals The paradoxical thinking ‘sweet spot’: The role of recipients’ latitude of rejection in the effectiveness of paradoxical thinking messages targeting anti-refugee attitudes in Israel

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 266-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boaz Hameiri ◽  
Orly Idan ◽  
Eden Nabet ◽  
Daniel Bar-Tal ◽  
Eran Halperin
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
Sweet Spot ◽  
Identity Threat ◽  
Social Judgment Theory ◽  
African Refugees ◽  
Paradoxical Thinking ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

The current research examined whether for a message that is based on the paradoxical thinking principles—i.e., providing extreme, exaggerated, or even absurd views, that are congruent with the held views of the message recipients—to be effective, it needs to hit a ‘sweet spot’ and lead to a contrast effect. That is, it moderates the view of the message's recipients. In the framework of attitudes toward African refugees and asylum seekers in Israel by Israeli Jews, we found that compared to more moderate messages, an extreme, but not too extreme, message was effective in leading to unfreezing for high morally convicted recipients. The very extreme message similarly led to high levels of surprise and identity threat as the extreme message that was found to be effective. However, it was so extreme and absurd that it was rejected automatically. This was manifested in high levels of disagreement compared to all other messages, rendering it less effective compared to the extreme, paradoxical thinking, message. We discuss these findings’ practical and theoretical implications for the paradoxical thinking conceptual framework as an attitude change intervention, and for social judgment theory.

Application of Lens Model in HRM Research

2017 ◽  
pp. 54-73
Author(s):  
Fakir Mohan Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Cognitive Conflict ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Lens Model ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Social Judgment Theory ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Formidable Challenge

The appropriate use of data-gathering tools and statistical analysis is a formidable challenge in several domains of HRM research. The application of Brunswik's lens mode offers an innovative strategy in this context. Brunswik's lens model is presented and its procedural application as suggested by Hammond in terms of social judgment theory is elaborated. A broad range of application domains including multiple-cue learning, cognitive conflict, policy formation and social issues is described. Studies carried out in Indian context are reviewed. The immense possibility of application in HRM domain is indicated. The idiographic-statistical elements are pointed out. It is asserted that the application of lens model in HRM research would pave the way for greater elegance and expansion of research.

The influence of different advertisement messages and levels of religiosity on attitude and purchase intention

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-356
Author(s):  
Erol Ustaahmetoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Significant Implication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Judgment Theory ◽  
Purchasing Intention ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Although religiosity and advertising messages have been extensively examined in the existing literature separately, studies which correlatively examine both these aspects are very limited. This paper aims to reveal the influence of the widely used religious messages on consumer attitudes and of purchase intentions on subjects with different levels of religiosity. Design/methodology/approach In this study, four different printed advertising messages with and without religious messages were developed for two different products. In this respect, the consumer attitudes toward advertisements and the degree to which purchase intention changed were measured. Findings The attitude and purchase intention toward the advertisements with religious messages was found to have a higher mean value compared to the advertisements without religious messages, and a statistically significant difference was found between the two. The highly religious participants’ attitudes and purchasing intention toward the advertisements with religious messages differed as compared to the participants with low levels of religiosity. Research limitations/implications Indeed, it was observed that the attitude toward different advertising messages and purchase intention differed regarding the level of religiosity. In the last section of the study, the influence of the level of religiosity on purchasing intention and consumer attitudes has been discussed with academic and practical results. Practical implications This study has also extended the practical implications of social judgment theory, which suggests that the further the consumers’ initial position to the new message the less is the acceptance of that message, and it contributes to its methodological and theoretical development. Whether a religious advertisement message is considered more or less acceptable depends on the level of religiosity and the positioning strategy adopted in the advertisement. In the present study, it is observed that as the level of religiosity increases, purchase intention and the attitude towards the advertisement with religious message increase in permissible(halal) goods. However, when prohibited (haram) services are considered, an increase in the subjects' level of religiosity brings about a decrease in the purchase intention and the attitude towards the advertisement with religious message. Therefore, this study validates social judgment theory. Social implications A significant implication for the marketing practitioners is that religiosity could be one of the criteria in segmenting market. A religiously prohibited product might gradually feel more irritating as the intensity of religious message increases in an advertisement. Thus, it is an important consideration for an organization offering faith-based products in mono-religious societies. Clearly, marketers need to be very careful when they use religious symbols in the secular marketplace, which raises the question – What factors underlie a positive response to religious message use in advertisement? Originality/value Religion was a taboo subject in society in the recent past; it has not been comprehensively investigated in marketing literature; moreover, it is evident that this situation continues to exist at present. It can, therefore, be said that the efforts to conceptualize religion’s influence on marketing and consumer behavior have been scarce.

A Social Judgment Theory Perspective On Clinical Problem Solving

1990 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Engel ◽  
Robert Wigton ◽  
Anthony LaDuca ◽  
Robert S. Blacklow
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Clinical Problem ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
Social Judgment Theory ◽  
Clinical Problem Solving

Reference Groups as Anchors in Judgments of other Groups: A Biasing Factor in “Rating Tasks”?

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 967-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Effect ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Reference Groups ◽  
Assimilation Effect ◽  
Social Judgment Theory ◽  
Male Undergraduate ◽  
Campus Organizations ◽  
The Prestige

A phenomenon which might bias rating tasks (the reference group as an anchor phenomenon) was explored by having 144 male undergraduate members of Greek, eating club, and independent organizations, and students belonging to none of these organizations rank 28 campus organizations in terms of relative prestige. In general, members of groups consistently overestimated the prestige of their own (assimilation effect), under-estimated the prestige of organizations dissimilar to their own (contrast effect), and had more pronounced assimilation and contrast effects than did subjects not belonging to the rated organizations. Moreover, members of groups placed a greater number of organizations dissimilar to their own into objectionable categories. These results suggest that it might be extremely difficult for highly ego-involved persons to maintain an appropriate judgmental set in such tasks when the ratings are made on the basis of the quality, prestige, and other such ill-defined criteria. Over-all, the results strongly supported predictions made from social judgment theory.

Overqualification among Migrants: A Social Judgment Theory Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 17523
Author(s):  
Heidi Wechtler ◽  
Alexei Koveshnikov ◽  
Colin Idzert Sarkies Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Judgment ◽  
Social Judgment Theory

Evaluating the Quality of Instruction in Art: A Social Judgment Analysis

1982 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 955-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly A. Browne ◽  
John S. Gillis
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Instructional Quality ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
Art Teachers ◽  
Quality Of Instruction ◽  
Social Judgment Theory ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Social Judgment Analysis

This study applied the methods and analytical procedures of social judgment theory to the study of teaching effectiveness in the arts. Four groups of judges, with varying levels of experience in art, rated the quality of 35 hypothetical art teachers on a series of seven dimensions relating to effectiveness of teaching. Results indicated that subjects in all groups displayed very similar strategies, giving most weight to the teachers' enthusiasm, knowledge, supportiveness, and communication skills in the evaluation of instructional quality. Subjects also showed little awareness of the dimensions they employed in making such judgments.

scholarly journals Study Abroad: Factors Lending to the Decision

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eden Garman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Student Involvement ◽  
Social Judgment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Social Judgment Theory ◽  
Financial Aspect

In a world that is becoming more globally connected, universities in the United States of America are pushing for more students to participate in study abroad opportunities. The researcher looked to answer the following questions: What factors influence student involvement in study abroad programs? What influence does the study abroad office exert over a student’s decision to study abroad? What conceptions or circumstances do students have prior to college that stimulate them to decide one way or another? The results where then analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively paired with Social Judgment Theory. The data suggests that females, non-athletes, those that have traveled outside of the country before, and students who had a parent attend college are more likely to study abroad. The study also discusses a financial aspect, GPA, and traveling outside the country as additional factors.

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