Norhan Elsaadawy, Erika N. Carlson, Victoria Pringle
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Abstract
People have general working models of how likeable they are from past experiences, but do some people apply these models more flexibly than others? In two studies, we used the extended Social Relations Model to index how much within-person variability in people’s meta-liking judgments at zero-acquaintance was the result of tracking a shared reality of target differences (sensitivity) versus distinguishing between targets in unique ways (differentiation). We found that the main source of variability was making unique distinctions across targets (differentiation). Importantly, there were individual differences in both sensitivity and differentiation, and the latter was related to narcissism, social anxiety, and neuroticism. This work demonstrates the flexibility of some people’s working models of themselves in relation to others.
期刊介绍:
Emphasizing experimental and descriptive research, the Journal of Research in Personality presents articles that examine important issues in the field of personality and in related fields basic to the understanding of personality. The subject matter includes treatments of genetic, physiological, motivational, learning, perceptual, cognitive, and social processes of both normal and abnormal kinds in human and animal subjects. Features: • Papers that present integrated sets of studies that address significant theoretical issues relating to personality. • Theoretical papers and critical reviews of current experimental and methodological interest. • Single, well-designed studies of an innovative nature. • Brief reports, including replication or null result studies of previously reported findings, or a well-designed studies addressing questions of limited scope.