Social judgment theory suggests, that in reaching this judgment, the receiver may be subject to perceptual distortions termed "assimilation and contrast effects". Assimilation and contrast effects are perceptual effects concerning the judgment of what position is being advocated by a persuasive message.
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"The Effects of Assimilation on Educational Expectations: A Test of the Classical Assimilation Theory" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>.
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Abstract: Research has shown that when partisans are asked to place the parties in their system along a left-right dimension they often pull their preferred party closer toward them (assimilation) and push the opposition farther away (contrast). ... Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Large and Small Party Systems1 Andrew J.
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Subjects who could recall one or more primes showed contrast effects with regard to the more accessible construct, whereas subjects who could not recall any primes showed assimilation effects.
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Coefficients are presented for Mexicans, Germans, and English on the following variables: year, birth cohort in 1980, immigrant cohort in 1980, duration effect, aging effect, assimilation effect, and the constant.
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We label this sensitivity "assimilation of work experience" (A WE). In contrast to growth need strength (GNS), A WE is shown to have a main effect on growth satisfaction independent of job scope and context satisfaction.
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Kuijpers, C.T.L., Van Donselaar, W.A., & Cutler, A. (2002). Perceptual effects of assimilation-induced violation of final devoicing in Dutch. In Proceedings of the Seventh Internalional Conference on Spoken Language Processing (pp. 1661-1664). Denver.
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ISHS II International Symposium on Cucurbits ROOT ZONE TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON NITRATE ASSIMILATION AND XYLEM TRANSPORT IN HYDROPONICALLY GROWN CUCUMBER PLANTS ... Root zone temperature (RZT) effects on nitrate assimilation and xylem transport was investigated in hydroponically grown cucumber plants.
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Taryn Ann Galloway & Rolf Aaberge, 2005. "Assimilation effects on poverty among immigrants in Norway," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 691-718, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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