Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Reeder, G. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Reeder, G. D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, 65-68 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/014616727900500114
© 1979 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Context Effects for Attributions of Ability

Glenn D. Reeder

Illinois State University

Subjects watched a videotape of an actor engaged in a game of billiards and then made inferences about the actor's billiards ability. The level of skill demonstrated in the billiards performance and the situational demands (context) surrounding the performance were systematically varied. Results indicated that inferences based upon a skillful performance were less affected by situational demands than were inferences based upon an unskillful performance. Ratings of observers' uncertainty were also consistent with these findings.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?