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Self-Focused Attention, Perspective-Taking, and False Consensus

Published inSocial psychology, vol. 40, no. 2, p. 66-72
Publication date2009
Abstract

A quasi-experimental study examined the effects of self-focused attention on acknowledging or ignoring others' perspectives. University students scoring high vs. low in private and public self-focus estimated the opinion of a fellow student. For these estimates, a relevant cue for the fellow student's most probable opinion was provided or not. The results replicate earlier studies that have demonstrated that attention focused on the self enhances perspective-taking and reduces egocentrism when a cue for others' perspectives is provided: High private self-focus (self-awareness) turned out to further perspective-taking and, thus, to reduce egocentrism under the critical condition of a cue being presented for the other's perspective. These results, as well as earlier research, contradict findings by Fenigstein and Abrams (1993), which were interpreted as showing that self-focus enhances egocentrism in a false consensus paradigm.

Keywords
  • Self-focus
  • Perspective-taking
  • Egocentrism
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GENDOLLA, Guido H.E., WICKLUND, Robert A. Self-Focused Attention, Perspective-Taking, and False Consensus. In: Social psychology, 2009, vol. 40, n° 2, p. 66–72. doi: 10.1027/1864-9335.40.2.66
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