When to Use Your Head and When to Use Your Heart: The Differential Value of Perspective-Taking Versus Empathy in Competitive Interactions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-16

  Gilin, Debra ^a   Maddux, William W ^b   Carpenter, Jordan ^c   Galinsky, Adam D ^d  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; competition; conflict; empathy; perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COGNITION; COOPERATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870987926     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212465320     Document Type: Article

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