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This research investigates how television exposure and perceived realism influence the accessibility of examples in social judgments.

Television Exposure, Perceived Realism, and Exemplar Accessibility in the Social Judgment Process

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This research investigates how television exposure and perceived realism influence the accessibility of examples in social judgments.
Participants (N=197) completed a survey on television exposure and perceived realism.
Participants were divided into two conditions: answering social judgment questions first or performing exemplar accessibility tasks first.
The study measured the influence of perceived realism on the accessibility of exemplars like Black doctors and shootings.
Participants answering social judgment questions first exhibited a cultivation effect.
Performance order affected outcomes: those who completed exemplar tasks first did not show the same effect.
Perceived realism predicted better accessibility of specific examples, while mere television exposure did not.

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Randomized trial examines how television and realism impact social judgments through exemplar accessibility.

Rick W. Busselle (2001) studied this question.

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