Holding a Mirror Up to the Self: Egocentric Similarity Beliefs Underlie Social Projection in Cooperation

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1259-1271

  Toma, Claudia ^a,b   Corneille, Olivier ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cooperation; egocentric; interpersonal projection; similarity belief; success

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; EGO; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PROJECTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866445765     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212449022     Document Type: Article

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