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Language use in intergroup contexts: the linguistic intergroup bias.
- A. Maass, D. Salvi, L. Arcuri, G. Semin
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 December 1989
Three experiments examine how the type of language used to describe in-group and out-group behaviors contributes to the transmission and persistence of social stereotypes. Two experiments tested the… Expand
Socially Situated Cognition: Cognition in its Social Context
- Eliot R. Smith, G. Semin
- Psychology
- 2004
Publisher Summary This chapter proposes a new integration of social psychology and situated cognition—that is, socially situated cognition (SSC). This new approach rests directly on recent… Expand
The linguistic category model, its bases, applications and range
- G. Semin, K. Fiedler
- Psychology
- 1991
A model of interpersonal terms (verbs and adjectives) is reviewed in terms of the research on: (a) the systematic cognitive inferences these terms mediate, and (b) the implications of this model for… Expand
Lie experts' beliefs about nonverbal indicators of deception
Beliefs about behavioral clues to deception were investigated in 212 people, consisting of prisoners, police detectives, patrol police officers, prison guards, customs officers, and college students.… Expand
The Thermometer of Social Relations
- H. Ijzerman, G. Semin
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 1 October 2009
“Holding warm feelings toward someone” and “giving someone the cold shoulder” indicate different levels of social proximity. In this article, we show effects of temperature that go beyond these… Expand
How do we communicate stereotypes? Linguistic bases and inferential consequences.
- D. Wigboldus, G. Semin, R. Spears
- Medicine, Psychology
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 2000
The linguistic expectancy bias is defined as the tendency to describe expectancy-consistent information at a higher level of abstraction than expectancy-inconsistent information. The communicative… Expand
Linguistic signatures of regulatory focus: how abstraction fits promotion more than prevention.
- G. Semin, T. Higgins, Lorena Gil de Montes, Yvette Estourget, J. Valencia
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 July 2005
In 3 experiments, the authors investigated how strategic inclinations associated with promotion versus prevention orientations--that is, eager approach versus vigilant avoidance, respectively--affect… Expand
Embodiment as a unifying perspective for psychology
- T. Schubert, G. Semin
- Psychology
- 1 December 2009
Adaptive action is the function of cognition. It is constrained by the properties of evolved brains and bodies. An embodied perspective on social psychology examines how biological constrains give… Expand
Temperature perceptions as a ground for social proximity
- H. Ijzerman, G. Semin
- Psychology
- 1 November 2010
Literature in interpersonal relations has described the sense of intimacy towards others in terms of physical closeness and warmth. Research suggests that these descriptions should be taken… Expand
Agenda 2000: Communication: Language as an implementational device for cognition.
- G. Semin
- Psychology
- 1 September 2000
The aim of this paper is to identify the functions of social cognition in a communication context. It is argued that social cognition is for the regulation of adaptive action and makes use of… Expand