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The Automaticity of Social Life

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Much of social life is experienced through mental processes that are not intended and about which one is fairly oblivious. These processes are automatically triggered by features of the immediate social environment, such as the group memberships of other people, the qualities of their behavior, and features of social situations (e.g., norms, one's relative power). Recent research has shown these nonconscious influences to extend beyond the perception and interpretation of the social world to the actual guidance, over extended time periods, of one's important goal pursuits and social interactions.

Source: Current Directions in Psychological Science

DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00395.x

Authors: John A. Bargh, Erin L. Williams

Institution: Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Social and Intergroup Psychology

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health

Award: G4611967180