2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
An integrated study on observes' dispositional inferences and actors' meta-perceptional processes in interaction.
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16530413
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Woman's Christian University (2005-2006)
Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College (2004) |
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Principal Investigator |
KUDO Eriko Tokyo Woman's Christian University, College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor, 文理学部, 助教授 (30269386)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | correspondence bias / overestimation of correspondence bias / meta-perception / dispositional inference / consideration of situational constraints / overestimation of transparency |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examined whether actors are aware of the correspondence bias which observers tend to show when they make inferences about actors' dispositions. Multiple experiments were conducted and found that actors overestimate the magnitude of correspondence bias of observers.
The experiments examined the condition which determines the emergence of overestimation of correspondence bias and the overestimation of transparency revealed that actors overestimate the correspondence bias if they focus on their overt behavior but they overestimate their transparency if they focus on their true attitude or personality. On the other hand, the results from observers' data suggested that observers tend to rely on subtle cues they found in actors behavior when they try to infer the dispositions of actors.
The experiments tested the hypothesis whether actors' overestimate the observers' consideration of the handicaps they have when they make inferences before the performance. The results did not support the hypothesis. Actors' predictions were more pessimistic when they made the inferences before the performance rather than after the performance.
Observers' inferences about actors' preferences and meta-perception of actors about them were also examined. Actors showed larger illusion of transparency when the observers are their friends rather than unacquainted others.
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