Similarity as threat: A motivational explanation of self-other   similarity judgment asymmetry

doi:10.1002/ejsp.2093

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	Similarity as threat: A motivational explanation of self-other similarity judgment asymmetry
	Dang, Junhua ; Xiao, Shanshan ; Sun, Xiaoyan ; Lee, N. Y. Louis ; Mao, Lihua
刊名	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
	2015
关键词	SOCIAL REFERENCE POINTS INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM ASSIMILATION AFFIRMATION INFORMATION POSITIVITY PREVALENCE UNIQUENESS FOCUS
DOI	10.1002/ejsp.2093
英文摘要	People tend to judge others to be more similar to themselves than themselves are to others. This self-other similarity judgment asymmetry was often explained by a cognitive model. However, some findings were inconsistent with this model, implying that there might be complementary processes underlying such asymmetry. Although a motivational explanation has been proposed to account for the asymmetry, little evidence has been accumulated to verify this explanation and differentiate it from the cognitive model. The current research tested both the core assumption of the motivational explanation as well as a hypothesis derived only from it. Results suggest that the perception of oneself as being similar to others was more threatening to people's uniqueness than the perception of others as being similar to oneself. Individuals with high need for uniqueness exhibited greater asymmetry than did individuals with low need. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2015CB351800]; SSCI; ARTICLE; lihuamao@pku.edu.cn; 3; 336-341; 45
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/424179]
专题	心理与认知科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dang, Junhua,Xiao, Shanshan,Sun, Xiaoyan,et al. Similarity as threat: A motivational explanation of self-other similarity judgment asymmetry[J]. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,2015.
APA	Dang, Junhua,Xiao, Shanshan,Sun, Xiaoyan,Lee, N. Y. Louis,&Mao, Lihua.(2015).Similarity as threat: A motivational explanation of self-other similarity judgment asymmetry.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY.
MLA	Dang, Junhua,et al."Similarity as threat: A motivational explanation of self-other similarity judgment asymmetry".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (2015).