Table 1
Frequency scales used in this research.
| High frequency scale | Low frequency scale |
|---|---|
| 1. From never to sometimes | 1. From never to very rarely |
| 2. From sometimes to fairly often | 2. From very rarely to occasionally |
| 3. From fairly often to often | 3. From occasionally to sometimes |
| 4. From often to all the time | 4. From sometimes to all the time |
| Equivalence of responses offered in high and low frequency scales | |
| 1 (italics) | 1–3 (italics) |
| 2–4 (bold) | 4 (bold) |
Figure 1
Participants’ estimates of the frequency of their behavior on the four characteristics according to temporal frame, target, and scale type (Study 2).
Table 2
Mean Frequencies (Standard Deviations in Brackets) of the Behaviors Related to the Summed Four Characteristics, According to Temporal Frame, Scale Type and Group Norm (Studies 3–6).
| Temporal frame | Scale type | Study 3 (Gender group) | Study 4 (People from Geneva) | Study 5 (Hearing loss people) | Study 6 (Weight group) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm | |||||||||
| Ingroup | Outgroup | Ingroup | Outgroup | Ingroup | Outgroup | Ingroup | Outgroup | ||
| Extended | High frequency | 2.98 (0.87) | 2.82 (0.90) | 3.67 (0.49) | 2.75 (0.97) | 2.76 (1.03) | 2.05 (0.97) | 2.90 (0.79) | 2.65 (1.04) |
| Low frequency | 1.22 (0.77) | 1.45 (1.02) | 1.36 (1.03) | 1.67 (0.82) | 1.18 (0.85) | 1.32 (0.58) | 1.73 (0.88) | 1.92 (0.91) | |
| Short | High frequency | 2.08 (0.82) | 2.11 (0.96) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Low frequency | 1.24 (0.84) | 1.22 (0.89) | – | – | – | – | – | – | |