Abstract
This study reports on the results of three experiments investigating the modes of resolution with inconsistent information. Ninety subjects were given 11 disposition terms which involved the discrepant dispositions. The task was to describe the impressions of stimulus person. The results showed it was confirmed that 80% of subjects described the person who had both discrepant dispositions. And 7 categories for modes of resolution with inconsistent information were classified. Then it was shown that the estimations of the “logical consistency”, “reality for an image of person” and “introspection of person” were differernt between groups of modes of resolution (I, II, III). In other words when we integrate inconsistent information in terms of more organaized mode, the estimation of the introspection of person was higher. Therefore it was suggested that there is a close relationship between the organized integration on the inconsistent information and the level of cognitive resolution.
