The semantic--procedural interface model of the self: the role of self-knowledge for context-dependent versus context-independent modes of thinking.
How do independent and interdependent self-construals affect cognition? The authors proposed the semantic-procedural interface model, which distinguishes 2 such mechanisms. In addition to semantic differences, different procedural modes of thinking are associated with independent and interdependent self-construals. Independent self-definitions coincide with the tendency to process stimuli unaffected by the context in which they appear. Interdependent self-construals facilitate context-bounded thinking (i.e., processing stimuli by paying attention to their relation to the given context). With semantic-free dependent variables, 4 experiments showed independence-primed participants to exhibit higher degrees of context independence than did interdependence-primed participants. The results are discussed with reference to their potential explanations for cross-cultural differences.
Kühnen
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Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, USA. kuehnen@gp.tu-berlin.de
Hannover
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Schubert
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D019336:Cognitive Science; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics; D012933:Social Identification