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How temporal distance from past selves influences self-perception

How temporal distance from past selves influences self-perception
How temporal distance from past selves influences self-perception
The present studies examine how perceived temporal distance from past selves influences perceptions of the current self.
Participants recalled their past self either at age 9 or 15. These two past selves differ in levels of dentification with gender and thus denote different standards of comparison. Three hypotheses were tested. Temporal distance should determine whether recalled past selves produce assimilation or contrast effects on the current self. Second, temporal comparison effects should be weaker when people recall their past in terms of stable, relatively enduring characteristics (e.g. traits). Third, past selves should to a greater extent be biased by stereotypical knowledge about former lifetime periods the farther
away individuals feel from past selves. Past selves coloured by stereotypical knowledge are more extreme and should thus produce stronger judgemental effects on the current self. The results supported the hypotheses. Implications for autobiographical remembering are discussed.
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Broemer, Philip
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Grabowski, Adam
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Gebauer, Jochen E.
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Broemer, Philip
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Broemer, Philip, Grabowski, Adam, Gebauer, Jochen E., Germel, Olga and Diehl, Michael (2008) How temporal distance from past selves influences self-perception. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38 (4), 697-714. (doi:10.1002/ejsp.469).

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The present studies examine how perceived temporal distance from past selves influences perceptions of the current self.
Participants recalled their past self either at age 9 or 15. These two past selves differ in levels of dentification with gender and thus denote different standards of comparison. Three hypotheses were tested. Temporal distance should determine whether recalled past selves produce assimilation or contrast effects on the current self. Second, temporal comparison effects should be weaker when people recall their past in terms of stable, relatively enduring characteristics (e.g. traits). Third, past selves should to a greater extent be biased by stereotypical knowledge about former lifetime periods the farther
away individuals feel from past selves. Past selves coloured by stereotypical knowledge are more extreme and should thus produce stronger judgemental effects on the current self. The results supported the hypotheses. Implications for autobiographical remembering are discussed.

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Published date: June 2008

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Local EPrints ID: 142807
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/142807
ISSN: 0046-2772
PURE UUID: c35641f2-8ee1-405d-b180-1935df9c6c5c

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Author: Philip Broemer
Author: Adam Grabowski
Author: Jochen E. Gebauer
Author: Olga Germel
Author: Michael Diehl

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