Self-interest in interpersonal perception and attitudes

• Authors: Wojciszke B. , Baryla W.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Compared to other areas of psychology, social cognition is somewhat indifferent to the role played by self-interest. In this paper we present a thesis that self-interest is a prominent factor shaping interpersonal perceptions and attitudes. We review several research lines showing the dominance of moral information in person perception and the dominance of competence-related information in self-perception. This research provides indirect support for the idea that self-interest strongly influences person (and self-) perception processes. We also discuss research showing directly the strong influence of self-interest considerations on interpersonal attitudes and liking as well as on more descriptive perceptions including moral judgments.

Keywords

EN

ATTITUDES; INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTION; MORAL JUDGMENTS; SELF-INTEREST

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-50
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Wojciszke B.

author

Baryla W.

• B. Wojciszke, Instytut Psychologii PAN, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, 03-851 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01773824