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Category Accessibility

Category Accessibility is a cognitive construct in social categorization theory referring to the extent to which a particular social category is readily activated in memory and thus likely to be spontaneously used in the perception and interpretation of social stimuli.

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88

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52

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2017–2026

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Publications

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The role of category accessibility in the interpretation of information about persons: Some determinants and implications.

Thomas K. Srull, Robert S. Wyer · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1979 · 1.6K citations

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Category accessibility and impression formation

E. Tory Higgins, W. Steven Rholes, Carl R. Jones · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1977 · 1.5K citations

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Category accessibility and social perception: Some implications for the study of person memory and interpersonal judgments.

Thomas K. Srull, Robert S. Wyer · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1980 · 600 citations

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Modeling: An analysis in terms of category accessibility

Charles S. Carver, Ronald J. Ganellen, William J. Froming et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1983 · 243 citations

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Modeling Cognitive Interactions During Group Brainstorming

Vincent Brown, Michael Tumeo, Timothy S. Larey et al. · Small Group Research · 1998 · 229 citations

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Authors

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  1. ER
    Eliot R. Smith

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    5 publications · 351 citations

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  2. TK
    Thomas K. Srull

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    4 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. RS
    Robert S. Wyer

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    4 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. NR
    Nyla R. Branscombe

    University of Kansas, United States

    3 publications · 238 citations

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  5. RH
    Russell H. Fázio

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 126 citations

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Institutions

52

  1. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    438 citations

  2. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    68 citations

  3. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    281 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    129 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    4.7K citations

  7. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  8. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    217 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    10 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    8 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 5 publications · 225 citations

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  4. Social Cognition

    3 publications · 148 citations

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  5. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 2 publications · 41 citations

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