Temporal Differences in Trait Self-Ascription: When the Self Is Seen as an Other

Seven studies exploring people's tendency to make observer-like attributions about their past and future selves are presented. Studies 1 and 2 showed temporal differences in trait assessments that paralleled the classic actor-observer difference. Study 3 provided evidence against a motivational...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2006-02, Vol.90 (2), p.197-209
Main Authors: Pronin, Emily, Ross, Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Differences
Ascription
Attention
Attribution
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Empirical research
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Future
Human
Humans
Imagination
Internal-External Control
Introspection
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Observation
Otherness
Personality
Personality Development
Personality Traits
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Salience
Self Concept
Self-Perception
Set (Psychology)
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time
Time Factors
Time Perspective
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