Journal article
Using congnitive science methods to assess the role of social information processing in sexual coercive behavior
Psychological assessment, Vol.13(4), pp.549-565
12/01/2001
DOI: 10.1037//1040-3590.13.4.549
PMID: 11793898
Abstract
74 undergraduate men completed cognitive performance tasks assessing perceptual organization, classification, and category learning, as well as self-report measures relevant to sexual coercion. The stimuli were slides of Caucasian women who varied along affect and physical exposure (i.e., sensuality) dimensions. Data were analyzed using a weighted multidimensional scaling model, signal-detection theory analyses, and a connectionist learning model (RASHNL; J. K. Kruschke and M. K. Johansen, 1999). Individual differences in performance on the classification and category-learning tasks were congruent with individual differences in perceptual organization. Additionally, participants who showed relatively more attention to exposure than to affect were less sensitive to women's negative responses to unwanted sexual advances. Overall, the study demonstrates the feasibility and utility of cognitive science methods for studying information processing in psychopathology,
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Using congnitive science methods to assess the role of social information processing in sexual coercive behavior
- Creators
- Teresa A TreatRichard J McFallJohn K KruschkeViken Kruschke
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychological assessment, Vol.13(4), pp.549-565
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1037//1040-3590.13.4.549
- PMID
- 11793898
- ISSN
- 1040-3590
- eISSN
- 1939-134X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2001
- Description audience
- Academic
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984214734702771
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