TY - JOUR
T1 - I know you're me, but who am I? Perspective taking and seeing the other in the self
AU - Laurent, Sean M.
AU - Myers, Michael W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Portions of this work were supported by a dissertation fellowship awarded to Sean M. Laurent by the Ford Foundation . The authors would also like to thank William Klein for serving as the target in Study 1.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Research examining the consequences of perspective-taking on cognition suggests that through perceiver-target overlap, perspective-taking can lead to greater valuing of targets, greater helping of targets, and a reduction in stereotyping of targets and the groups to which they belong. Research has also begun to focus more closely on the ways perceivers come to think and act like targets. This research, however evocative, is not conclusive. The current studies set out to provide firmer support. Reported here, two studies found that perspective-taking influences perceiver-target overlap, which mediates changes in self-concept (ratings of the self on researcher-related attributes and beliefs after taking the perspective of a researcher in Study 1 and attitudes toward African Americans after taking the perspective of a racist in Study 2). In the same studies, overlap simultaneously mediated valuing of the targets (target ratings on positive attributes in Study 1 and liking for the target in Study 2).
AB - Research examining the consequences of perspective-taking on cognition suggests that through perceiver-target overlap, perspective-taking can lead to greater valuing of targets, greater helping of targets, and a reduction in stereotyping of targets and the groups to which they belong. Research has also begun to focus more closely on the ways perceivers come to think and act like targets. This research, however evocative, is not conclusive. The current studies set out to provide firmer support. Reported here, two studies found that perspective-taking influences perceiver-target overlap, which mediates changes in self-concept (ratings of the self on researcher-related attributes and beliefs after taking the perspective of a researcher in Study 1 and attitudes toward African Americans after taking the perspective of a racist in Study 2). In the same studies, overlap simultaneously mediated valuing of the targets (target ratings on positive attributes in Study 1 and liking for the target in Study 2).
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.05.018
DO - 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.05.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80051874482
SN - 0022-1031
VL - 47
SP - 1316
EP - 1319
JO - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
IS - 6
ER -