The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes
The own-age bias is characterised by better recognition of own-age than other-age faces. While some evidence exists for the role of perceptual-expertise in the bias, little research has evaluated the potential role of social-cognition. Across four studies, this thesis found mixed support for a role...
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| author | Cronin, Sophie |
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| description | The own-age bias is characterised by better recognition of own-age than other-age faces. While some evidence exists for the role of perceptual-expertise in the bias, little research has evaluated the potential role of social-cognition. Across four studies, this thesis found mixed support for a role of social-cognition. Motivation to individuate faces and motivated expertise learning both influenced how well other-age faces could be recognised, though manipulations of category salience did not. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-819062022-12-09T02:53:00Z The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes Cronin, Sophie The own-age bias is characterised by better recognition of own-age than other-age faces. While some evidence exists for the role of perceptual-expertise in the bias, little research has evaluated the potential role of social-cognition. Across four studies, this thesis found mixed support for a role of social-cognition. Motivation to individuate faces and motivated expertise learning both influenced how well other-age faces could be recognised, though manipulations of category salience did not. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81906 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Cronin, Sophie The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes |
| title | The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes |
| title_full | The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes |
| title_short | The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes |
| title_sort | role of social cognition in the own-age bias: an exploration of individuation and categorisation processes |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81906 |