Nice or smart? Task relevance of self-characteristics moderates interpersonal projection

Abstract: Two studies investigated the impact of trait relevance to a specific task on people''s projection of their characteristics onto a cooperative partner. We either measured (Study 1) or manipulated (Study 2) the relevance of a trait to a specific cooperative task. In both studies, participant...

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Published in:	Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 335 - 341
Main Authors:	Toma, Claudia, Yzerbyt, Vincent, Corneille, Olivier
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Jan2012
Subjects:	Interpersonal relations Cooperativeness Personality Intellectuals Performance Task analysis Relevance Graphical projection
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