Wishful perceiving: A value-based bias for perception of close others

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dc.abstract.enWhy do people not perceive their close others accurately, although they have ample information about them? We propose that one reason for such errors may be bias based on personal values. Personal values may serve as schemas defining what people see as positive, and thus affect perceptions of others' behavior, values, and traits. We propose that, in close relationships, people see others as sharing their own values. Six studies (N = 2,225; 4 pre-registered analyses and one pre-registered study) tested this bias. Perceivers reported their personal values and the perceived values, behaviors, or traits of a close other (target), while the target also reported on the same values, behaviors or traits. Personal values significantly and positively related to perception of close others' values and behaviors, while controlling for the real targets' value/behavior. Results were replicated for spouses, romantic partners, children, parents, and friends. Some evidence also supportsthe idea that the bias is stronger for relationships of better quality. Implications for relationship quality are discussed, as well as implications for the adaptive properties of this bias.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorGinosar Yaari, Shir
dc.contributor.authorKatsoty, Dana
dc.contributor.authorBardi, Anat
dc.contributor.authorBarni, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorSkimina, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorCieciuch, Jan
dc.contributor.authorLönnqvist, Jan Erik
dc.contributor.authorVerkasalo, Markuu J.
dc.contributor.authorKnafo-Noam, Ariel
dc.date.access2024-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-18T15:42:52Z
dc.date.available2025-02-18T15:42:52Z
dc.date.created2024-09-09
dc.date.issued2025-01
dc.description.accesstimebefore_publication
dc.description.additionalvorArtykuł został przypisany do wydania
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.physical335-366
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume128
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/pspi0000482
dc.identifier.eissn1939-1315
dc.identifier.issn0022-3514
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1201
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enValues
dc.subject.enClose Relationships
dc.subject.enPerception
dc.subject.enBias
dc.subject.enRelationship Quality
dc.swps.sciencecloudsend
dc.titleWishful perceiving: A value-based bias for perception of close others
dc.title.journalJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle

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