Shimotomai A
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University, Tokyo.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu. 1988 Aug;59(3):164-71. doi: 10.4992/jjpsy.59.164.
Cognitive processes for feedback information on self-concept as influenced by the receiver's perception of the sender's trait were examined in 40 male and female undergraduates. Subjects in the consistent and inconsistent feedback situations received information consistent and inconsistent with their initial self-rating of a trait, respectively. The sender (confederate) had a higher or lower scale score for the same trait than the subjects. Subsequently, subjects did final self-rating. Inconsistent feedback produced self-concept changes no more than consistent feedback only when the sender had a higher trait tendency than the subjects. This finding suggests: (1) only in the inconsistent feedback situation, the receiver sets out to search cause of feedback; (2) whether or not the receiver changes one's self-concept depends on causal attribution of inconsistent feedback; and (3) the direction of causal attribution is influenced by the receiver's consideration of the sender's trait tendency.
在40名男女本科生中，研究了受接收者对发送者特质的感知影响的、关于自我概念反馈信息的认知过程。在一致和不一致反馈情境中的受试者分别收到了与他们对某一特质的初始自我评分一致和不一致的信息。发送者（同谋）在同一特质上的量表得分高于或低于受试者。随后，受试者进行最终自我评分。只有当发送者的特质倾向高于受试者时，不一致反馈产生的自我概念变化才不会超过一致反馈。这一发现表明：（1）只有在不一致反馈情境中，接收者才会着手寻找反馈的原因；（2）接收者是否改变自我概念取决于对不一致反馈的因果归因；（3）因果归因的方向受接收者对发送者特质倾向的考虑影响。
