کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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948061 | 926454 | 2012 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Three studies examined how the use of the present versus the past tense in recalling a past experience influences behavioral intentions. Experiment 1 revealed a stronger influence of past behaviors on drinking intentions when participants self-reported an episode of excessive drinking using the present tense. Correspondingly, there was a stronger influence of attitudes towards excessive drinking when participants self-reported the episode in the past tense. Experiments 2 and 3 liked this effect to changes in construal level (Liberman, Trope, & Stephan, 2007; Trope & Liberman, 2003), with the present tense being similar to a concrete construal level and the past tense being similar to an abstract construal level.
► The verb tense in recalling a past experience influences behavioral intentions.
► We show that construal level is influenced by subtle changes in language.
► Verb tense affected the type of information used as a basis for behavioral intentions.
► The verb tense of questions may be a simple strategy to change behavioral intentions.
Journal: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology - Volume 48, Issue 5, September 2012, Pages 1196–1200