TY - JOUR N2 - This article proposes a model describing the nature of associative processes as diagnostic cues for formulating attitudes and judgments. The assumption of the model is that attitudes, judgments and behaviours are based on how people selectively activate, interpret and integrate previously associated signals (selectively limiting the excess of information from both the senses and from our immediate environment). The model specifies which factors hinder or facilitate the formulation of associations between diagnostic signals and how it translates into attitudes, judgments and behaviours. To test the predictions derived from this model, we first showed that linguistic cues of diminutives can indicate physical properties – they were associated with the belief that the described objects were smaller but also worse or less valuable. The second line of research dealt with embodied moral judgments – we demonstrated that the usage of a hand over heart gesture led to more honest behaviour, an increase in judgments of honesty but also reduced tendency to lie for one's own profit. Our findings also suggest that using “standing at attention” body manipulation increased participants' submissiveness to the experimenter and their obedience to norms. This pattern of results suggests that the described model integrates perspectives of embodied cognition and social cognition, documenting the cognitive mechanism needed to formulate and adjust attitudes and judgments. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110425/PDF-MASTER/N418-02-Parzuchowski.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110425 PY - 2018 IS - No 4 EP - 61 KW - associative processes KW - selection of information KW - attitudes KW - judgments KW - moral judgments A1 - Parzuchowski, Michał PB - Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN DA - 2018.12.15 T1 - Associative processes as determinants of attitudes and judgements SP - 27 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110425 T2 - Nauka ER -