Affiliation:
1. Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2. Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Abstract
Past social projection research has mainly focused on target characteristics as a moderator of projective effects. The current research considers the power of the perceiver and how it affects projection of competence and warmth. In three studies, participants first rated themselves on a list of traits/preferences, then performed a power manipulation task, and, finally, rated a target person on the same list. Studies 1 and 2 reveal that the effect of power on social projection is moderated by dimension of judgment: high-power/low-power participants project more on competence/warmth than low-power/high-power participants. A meta-analysis conducted on Studies 1, 2, 3, and two additional studies confirmed those results. Study 3 additionally shows that high power increases the salience of competence, whereas low power increases the salience of warmth. Implications for both the power and the social perception literatures are discussed.
Subject
Clinical Psychology,Social Psychology
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3 articles.
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