Unrecognized Changes in the Self Contribute to Exaggerated Judgments of External Decline

被引：4

作者：

Eibach, Richard P. ^{[1
]}

Libby, Lisa K. ^{[2
]}

Ehrlinger, Joyce ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Psychol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

[2] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

[3] Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA

来源：

BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2012年 / 34卷 / 03期

关键词：

REGULATORY FOCUS; PERSPECTIVE; PERCEPTION; CULTURE; CONTEXT; SYSTEM; CRIME;

D O I：

10.1080/01973533.2012.674416

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

People commonly perceive social conditions as declining. We propose that perceptions of social decline are often a consequence of a bias whereby people mistake change in themselves for change in the world. The present research demonstrates that common personal changes such as the parenthood transition (Studies 1-2) and physical aging (Study 3) may increase a person's sensitivity to dangers and thereby contribute to an illusory perception that external dangers are increasing. We use experimental models of the hypothesized change processes to test whether these common personal changes may contribute to judgments of social decline.

引用

页码：193 / 203

页数：11