Construing the Essence: The Effects of Construal Level on Genetic Attributions for Individual and Social Group Differences.

The present research links a nonsocial, contextual influence (construal level) to the tendency to endorse genetic attributions for individual and social group differences. Studies 1 to 3 show that people thinking in an abstract (vs. concrete) mind-set score higher on a measure of genetic attributions for individual and racial group differences.

Sometimes more competent, but always less warm: Perceptions of biologically oriented mental-health clinicians.

Background And Aims: Biological conceptualizations of psychopathology are ascendant, including among mental-health clinicians. However, it is unknown how this might affect people's perceptions of clinicians, which in turn could have considerable public-health implications. The present studies sought to address this issue.