Effects of Group Status and Cognitive Appraisal Prime on Integrative Complexity in a Decision Making Context
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Title of Document: EFFECTS OF GROUP STATUS AND COGNITIVE APPRAISAL PRIME ON INTEGRATIVE COMPLEXITY IN A DECISION MAKING CONTEXT Katherine Lynn Van Allen, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Directed By: Professor Charles Stangor, Psychology Integrative complexity has been shown to influence information-processing and decision-making in different social situations. The present research assessed the effects of group status and cognitive appraisal prime on complexity in a group decision-making context. Experiment 1 assessed group status effects, and Experiment 2 tested whether priming threat or challenge would moderate those effects. Both experiments found that minority members showed greater complexity than majority members. Experiment 2 found that appraisal prime moderated the relationship between status and complexity. Minority members receiving the threat prime were the most complex, while majority members in the threat and control conditions were the least complex. The mediating roles of cognitive appraisal, anxiety, and coping expectancy were assessed, but none were found to be significant mediators of complexity. EFFECTS OF GROUP STATUS AND COGNITIVE APPRAISAL PRIME ON INTEGRATIVE COMPLEXITY IN A DECISION MAKING CONTEXT
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