Status Characteristics and Social Interaction: An Assessment of Theoretical Variants

The author compares and evaluates variant theories proposed in the literature for the processing of status information and effects of expectation states on behavior. The issue was to determine conditions under which, if any, status generalization could be eliminated. The analysis concludes that earlier arguments that found such effects incorrectly analyzed their supporting data. This WP was published by the author (1991).This paper was prepared while I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University supported by PHS Grant #2-T32-MH14243-12

Processing Status Information

The authors compare variant formulations (different from those considered in 1990-1) for predicting the processing of status information. The main competitor considered argued that highly relevant information would eliminate effects of less relevant information. Results from a vignette study confirmed predictions of the original status theory and disconfirmed predictions of the competing theory. This WP was published by the authors (1992).This paper was prepared while the first author was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University supported by PHS Grant #2-T32-MH14243-12. The research reported herein was conducted at San Jose State University during the Spring of 1988