Recall that Harold Kelley (1950) told some college students that their guest lecturer was a warm person, and others that he was a cold person.The visitor then lectured for twenty minutes, and behaved in a very cocky, arrogant way during the lecture.All students viewed the lecturer as arrogant, but differed in their assessments of how humorous he was.These results suggest that schemas are

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The fact that all students viewed the lecturer as arrogant suggests that this interpretation was not influenced by schema, which would have led to different interpretations depending on whether they were told he was warm or cold. However, the fact that they differed in their assessments of his humor suggests that they relied on their existing schema to interpret this ambiguous behavior. Hence, this result suggests that schemas are more likely to be used to interpret ambiguous behaviors rather than deterministic.

Recall That Harold Kelley (1950) Told Some College Students That