Effect of Perspective Taking on the Cognitive Representation of Persons: A Merging of Self and Other

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 713-726

  Davis, Mark H ^a   Conklin, Laura ^a   Smith, Amy ^a   Luce, Carol ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; RECALL; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030118251     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.4.713     Document Type: Article

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