Browsing by Subject "person perception"

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    Intellectual humility and perceptions of political opponents.
    (Journal of personality, 2020-06-02) Stanley, Matthew L; Sinclair, Alyssa H; Seli, Paul
    OBJECTIVE:Intellectual humility (IH) refers to the recognition that personal beliefs might be wrong. We investigate possible interpersonal implications of IH for how people perceive the intellectual capabilities and moral character of their sociopolitical opponents and for their willingness to associate with those opponents. METHOD:In four initial studies (N = 1,926, Mage  = 38, 880 females, 1,035 males), we measured IH, intellectual and moral derogation of opponents, and willingness to befriend opponents. In two additional studies (N = 568, Mage  = 40, 252 females, 314 males), we presented participants with a specific opponent on certain sociopolitical issues and several social media posts from that opponent in which he expressed his views on the issue. We then measured IH, intellectual, and moral derogation of the opponent, participants' willingness to befriend the opponent, participants' willingness to "friend" the opponent on social media, and participants' willingness to "follow" the opponent on social media. RESULTS:Low-IH relative to high-IH participants were more likely to derogate the intellectual capabilities and moral character of their opponents, less willing to befriend their opponents, and less willing to "friend" and "follow" an opponent on social media. CONCLUSIONS:IH may have important interpersonal implications for person perception, and for understanding social extremism and polarization.
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    Judgments of Others' Trait Self-Control
    (2019) Komoski, Stephanie

    People value others’ good self-control when they feel their own self-control is inadequate or need help pursuing our goals. However, the process by which people distinguish good vs. poor self-control in others has not been examined. This study examined the behavioral evidence people use to judge others’ self-control. Participants (N=297) described the behaviors of two people they know with high and low self-control. Each behavior was coded for presence of successful/failed initiation of desired behaviors (e.g., going to the gym, missing work), successful/failed inhibition of undesired behaviors (e.g., not losing one’s temper, binge drinking), and behavioral domain. Eating and financial behaviors were the most frequently cited domains for both high and low self-control others, whereas other domains were more common in descriptions of high (exercise) or low (substance use) self-control. Successful initiation and inhibition behaviors were equally prevalent in high self-control descriptions, whereas low self-control descriptions were biased toward failures of inhibition. This pattern of results held regardless of relationship length and type (e.g., spouse, friend). The results suggest people either fail to recognize others’ failures to initiate or consider them less important when judging poor self-control others. The limitations of and future directions for this line of research will be discussed.