2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An empirical study on the effect of psychological distance on the selective accessibility of available knowledge
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24530792
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Showa Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 解釈レベル / 心的距離 / 接近可能性 / 利用可能性 / 自己知識 / プロトタイプ / イグザンプラ / ステレオタイプ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Eight experiments investigated the association of psychological distance and accessibility of abstract or concrete knowledge. Results showed that both abstract knowledge and concrete knowledge were activated when participants had thought abstractly. Likewise, when participants had thought concretely they activated not only concrete knowledge but also abstract knowledge. In addition, regardless of availability and hierarchy structure of knowledge, the manipulation of construal level or psychological distance had effects on participants’ cognition. It was suggested that the knowledge applicability instead of the knowledge accessibility would trigger the construal level effects.
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| Free Research Field |
社会科学
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