Depression and the Correspondent Inference Bias: Evidence for more Effortful Cognitive Processing

This research tested the hypothesis that because of mildly and moderately depressed and dysphoric individuals' need to reestablish feelings of control, such individuals will be more likely to effort fully process available social information. Using a cognitive load manipulation up within the co...

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Published in:Personality & social psychology bulletin 1996-02, Vol.22 (2), p.192-200
Main Authors: Yost, John H., Weary, Gifford
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition & reasoning
Correspondence bias
Depression
Hypotheses
Mental depression
Patients
Social information processing
Social psychology
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Summary:This research tested the hypothesis that because of mildly and moderately depressed and dysphoric individuals' need to reestablish feelings of control, such individuals will be more likely to effort fully process available social information. Using a cognitive load manipulation up within the correspondence bias paradigm, it was found that depressed subjects were less likely than nondepressed subjects to make correspondent inferences (and more likely to process the available social information), but only under the condition of no cognitive load. The results of the study provide evidence for the motivated effortful processing of social information by moderately depressed individuals.
ISSN:0146-1672
1552-7433
DOI:10.1177/0146167296222008