False consensus in social context: Differential projection and perceived social distance

Jones, Paul

doi:10.1348/0144666042038015

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“…The few examples of negative social projection were found among people who both strongly identified with their ingroup and perceived strong conflict with the outgroup (Riketta, 2005), among members of a low status group with regards to the perception of the attributes of the high status group (Holtz & Nihiser, 2008), and among people who perceive high social distance between their ingroup and the outgroup (Jones, 2004).…”

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A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

Amit

Roccas

Meidan

2009

Euro J Social Psych

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We examined the moderating role of personal values on social projection. Study 1 was conducted prior to the 1999 Israeli elections among activists of the Center party, a newly established centrist party. The more importance activists attributed to conservation values (values that emphasize stability and certainty) the more they projected their political views to their party. Study 2 was conducted prior to the 2003 Israeli elections among students with varied attitudes toward the Kadima party, another newly established centrist party. Conservation values interacted with support for the Kadima party in their effect on social projection: The more importance participants attributed to conservation values, the more positive was the relationship between support for the party and social projection. In Study 3, we examined the role of conservation values in an experimental study in which participants were members of a virtual team: Raising the accessibility of conservation values resulted in higher levels of social projection. Taken together, findings indicate that emphasizing conservation values leads to greater social projection.

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A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

Amit

Roccas

Meidan

2009

Euro J Social Psych

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“…attitudes, traits) ascribed to the self and attributes ascribed to natural groups (for reviews, see Krueger, 1998Krueger, , 2000Mullen et al, 1985; for more recent research, see, e.g. Ames, 2004a,b;Clement & Krueger, 2002;Jones, 2004;Riketta, 2005). Thus, social projection seems to be common (Krueger, 1998(Krueger, , 2000.…”

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“…Two other lines of research on social projection dealt with constructs that are related to (yet distinct from) perceived intergroup relationship (Ames, 2004a,b;Jones, 2004). Ames postulated and found in experimental and correlational studies that perceived global similarity of self to in-and outgroups leads to stronger perceived similarity between self and these groups on habits and attitudes.…”

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`They Cooperate With Us, So They Are Like Me': Perceived Intergroup Relationship Moderates Projection from Self to Outgroups

Riketta

Sacramento

2008

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Whereas projection of self-attributes to ingroups is ubiquitous, projection of self-attributes to outgroups (outgroup projection) is an elusive phenomenon. Two experiments examined the moderating effect of perceived intergroup relationship on outgroup projection and explored underlying mechanisms. Perceived cooperation versus competition between ingroup and outgroup was manipulated using fictitious (Experiment 1) or natural groups (Experiment 2). In both experiments, participants judged the outgroup as more similar to the self in the cooperation condition than in the competition condition. This effect was independent of recategorization, perceived intergroup similarity, and ingroup-to-outgroup projection. These studies demonstrate the very existence of outgroup projection and extend previous work on moderators of projection from self to groups

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“…While the FCE has traditionally examined how the generalized other is misperceived, recent research has found this effect with specific others, such as peers (Prinstein and Wang 2005). Indeed, FCE effects tend to be stronger when the ''other'' is perceived to be similar (Sherman et al 1985) or less socially distant to the individual (Jones 2004).…”

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What You Think You Know Can Hurt You: Perceptual Biases About HIV Risk in Intimate Relationships

2007

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The use of heuristic biases and the false consensus effect can lead individuals to misperceive risk of HIV infection. The current paper presents the results of two studies which sought to examine whether individuals, (a) weigh risk relevant information accurately in their assessments of HIV risk, and (b) are susceptible to the false consensus effect in their assessments of actual intimate partner risk behaviors. The results of the first study support the hypothesis that individuals do not use objective risk information based on probability statistics in their assessments of HIV risk. In addition, the results of the second study find that female partners exhibit the false consensus effect regarding sexual risk behaviors, whereas male partners did not. Discussion centers on the role of perceptual biases in HIV risk behaviors among individuals in intimate relationships.

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False consensus in social context: Differential projection and perceived social distance

Cited by 32 publications

References 23 publications

A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

`They Cooperate With Us, So They Are Like Me': Perceived Intergroup Relationship Moderates Projection from Self to Outgroups

What You Think You Know Can Hurt You: Perceptual Biases About HIV Risk in Intimate Relationships

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