Implicit self-esteem predicts effects have self-esteem as moderator

Evidence

Interpreting various findings in terms of implicit self-esteem does not require abandoning their other, existing theoretical interpretations. In some cases, the existing interpretations describe plausible mechanisms by which implicit self-esteem may operate. However, the implicit self-esteem interpretation goes beyond other interpretations in predicting that the various effects should be moderated by self-esteem. That is, there should be stronger implicit manifestations of self-esteem for subjects who are higher in self-esteem. — Anthony G. Greenwald and Mahzarin R. Banaji, Implicit Social Cognition, 172

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• DEFINE: The key testable prediction distinguishing the implicit-self-esteem account: effects scale with subject’s level of self-esteem — a prediction existing theories don’t make.

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• Implicit self-esteem’s distinctive prediction is that effects strengthen with measured self-esteem. (similarity 0.95)
• The implicit self-esteem hypothesis requires an indirect measure that did not yet exist. (similarity 0.85)
• Making an implicit self-esteem cue salient does not by itself diminish its influence. (similarity 0.84)
• Self-esteem operates implicitly through self-serving judgment biases that also buttress the self. (similarity 0.80)
• Affiliation and rejection behaviors function as second-order boosts to self-esteem. (similarity 0.80)
• Students who receive higher grades implicitly reward their instructors with higher ratings (similarity 0.79)
• Self-esteem rises from joining the positively valued and distancing from the negatively valued. (similarity 0.79)
• The gain-loss effect boosts self-esteem more than steady praise does. (similarity 0.78)
• Social cognition largely operates in an implicit mode (similarity 0.78)