TY - JOUR
T1 - When interviewers desire accurate impressions
T2 - The effects of notetaking on the influence of expectations
AU - Biesanz, Jeremy C.
AU - Neuberg, Steven
AU - Judice, T. Nicole
AU - Smith, Dylan M.
PY - 1999/12
Y1 - 1999/12
N2 - The present study explored the possibility that notetaking would help accuracy-minded interviewers to avoid cognitive expectation biases. Interviewers in simulated employment interviews were given bogus pre-interview expectations about their applicants and were either encouraged or not encouraged to take extensive notes. Consistent with past research on accuracy-motivated interviewers, both notetaking and non-notetaking interviewers avoided creating self-fulfilling prophecies. Of central interest, notetaking reduced the cognitive biasing effect of negative expectations on interviewers' overall impressions of their applicants, but failed to reduce cognitive bias in interviewers' evaluations of expectation-specific applicant characteristics. In conjunction with the motivation to form accurate impressions, notetaking can help to reduce the impact of erroneous pre-interview expectations in interviewer final evaluations.
AB - The present study explored the possibility that notetaking would help accuracy-minded interviewers to avoid cognitive expectation biases. Interviewers in simulated employment interviews were given bogus pre-interview expectations about their applicants and were either encouraged or not encouraged to take extensive notes. Consistent with past research on accuracy-motivated interviewers, both notetaking and non-notetaking interviewers avoided creating self-fulfilling prophecies. Of central interest, notetaking reduced the cognitive biasing effect of negative expectations on interviewers' overall impressions of their applicants, but failed to reduce cognitive bias in interviewers' evaluations of expectation-specific applicant characteristics. In conjunction with the motivation to form accurate impressions, notetaking can help to reduce the impact of erroneous pre-interview expectations in interviewer final evaluations.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00124.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00124.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033474631
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 29
SP - 2529
EP - 2549
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 12
ER -