Status, Performance Expectations, And Affective Impressions: An Experimental Replication

We present results from a study connecting status characteristics theory and affect control theory. Replicating a previous study (Dippong and Kalkhoff 2015), we examine the relationship between affective impressions and general performance expectations. The current study builds on previous work by employing an experimental setting specifically designed to isolate status as the sole basis of social judgment. Primary results indicate that evaluation and potency impressions positively predicted performance expectations, while activity impressions exerted no influence over expectations. Exploratory analyses show that the effects of affective impressions on performance expectations differed substantially between status-equal and status-differentiated groups.