Seeing you from your point of view: perspective-taking and first impression accuracy

This study assessed whether perspective-taking (considering another’s perspective, thoughts, and feelings; Davis, 1983) causes greater distinctive accuracy (judging another’s unique traits), normative accuracy (judging another as similar to the average person and positively), and distinctive assumed similarity (judging another’s personality as similar to one’s own personality) in first impressions of personality. College students (N = 429) received either perspective-taking instructions or no specific instructions before watching videos of seven individuals (targets) answering getting-to-know-you questions. Participants then rated each target’s personality. Taking the targets’ perspectives did not improve distinctive accuracy or distinctive assumed similarity. However, participants who reported actively trying or being able to take the targets’ perspectives rated those targets more positively (with greater normative accuracy). Thus, perspective-taking does not result in more accurate impressions or greater perceived similarity, but it may lead to more positive impressions for those who try or are able to take another’s perspective.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Graeff, Kathryn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rogers, Katherine H.
• Black, Kristen Jennings, 1991-; Clark, Amanda J.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Social perception
• Empathy
• Perception

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/582

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1738