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A Model of Attribute Conditioning

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Unkelbach, Christian
Förderer, Sabine

Abstract / Description

We present a model of attribute conditioning, the phenomenon that people’s assessment of stimuli’s specific attributes (e.g., a person’s characteristics) changes due to pairings with other stimuli possessing these specific attributes (e.g., another "athletic" person). These changes in attribute assessments go beyond evaluation changes due to these pairings (i.e., evaluative conditioning effects). We provide a short historical overview of the phenomenon and the available data. Then we present a potential mental model of the effect: We assume attribute conditioning to be a form of stimulus-stimulus learning. CS-US pairings establish an enduring referential link between CS and US. We present an associative as well as a distributed memory variant of this referential link. Based on this model, we provide the answers to the specific questions that guide the present special issue. Finally, we discuss the relation of evaluative and attribute conditioning.

Keyword(s)

attitude formation evaluative learning stimulus-stimulus learning referential link

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Date of first publication

2018-09-20

Journal title

Social Psychological Bulletin

Volume

13

Issue

3

Article number

Article e28568

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Unkelbach, C., & Förderer, S. (2018). A model of attribute conditioning. Social Psychological Bulletin, 13(3), Article e28568. https://doi.org/10.5964/spb.v13i3.28568
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Unkelbach, Christian
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Förderer, Sabine
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-04-14T11:26:22Z
  • Made available on
    2022-04-14T11:26:22Z
  • Date of first publication
    2018-09-20
  • Abstract / Description
    We present a model of attribute conditioning, the phenomenon that people’s assessment of stimuli’s specific attributes (e.g., a person’s characteristics) changes due to pairings with other stimuli possessing these specific attributes (e.g., another "athletic" person). These changes in attribute assessments go beyond evaluation changes due to these pairings (i.e., evaluative conditioning effects). We provide a short historical overview of the phenomenon and the available data. Then we present a potential mental model of the effect: We assume attribute conditioning to be a form of stimulus-stimulus learning. CS-US pairings establish an enduring referential link between CS and US. We present an associative as well as a distributed memory variant of this referential link. Based on this model, we provide the answers to the specific questions that guide the present special issue. Finally, we discuss the relation of evaluative and attribute conditioning.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Unkelbach, C., & Förderer, S. (2018). A model of attribute conditioning. Social Psychological Bulletin, 13(3), Article e28568. https://doi.org/10.5964/spb.v13i3.28568
    en_US
  • ISSN
    2569-653X
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5794
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6398
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/spb.v13i3.28568
  • Keyword(s)
    attitude formation
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  • Keyword(s)
    evaluative learning
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  • Keyword(s)
    stimulus-stimulus learning
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  • Keyword(s)
    referential link
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    A Model of Attribute Conditioning
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Article number
    Article e28568
  • Issue
    3
  • Journal title
    Social Psychological Bulletin
  • Volume
    13
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    en_US