Construal-Level Theory of Psychological Distance

Autor/inn/en	Trope, Yaacov; Liberman, Nira
Titel	Construal-Level Theory of Psychological Distance
Quelle	In: Psychological Review, 117 (2010) 2, S.440-463 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-295X
DOI	10.1037/a0018963
Schlagwörter	Early Intervention; Psychology; Cognitive Processes; Thinking Skills; Psychological Patterns; Time; Prediction; Visual Perception; Spatial Ability; Classification; Pictorial Stimuli; Social Influences; Inferences; Knowledge Level; Decision Making; Behavior; Psychological Studies; Ideology; Self Control; Planning; Affective Behavior; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Generalization; Brain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Denkfähigkeit; Zeit; Vorhersage; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Fantasieanregung; Sozialer Einfluss; Inference; Inferenz; Wissensbasis; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ideologie; Selbstbeherrschung; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Gehirn
Abstract	People are capable of thinking about the future, the past, remote locations, another person's perspective, and counterfactual alternatives. Without denying the uniqueness of each process, it is proposed that they constitute different forms of traversing psychological distance. Psychological distance is egocentric: Its reference point is the self in the here and now, and the different ways in which an object might be removed from that point--in time, in space, in social distance, and in hypotheticality--constitute different distance dimensions. Transcending the self in the here and now entails mental construal, and the farther removed an object is from direct experience, the higher (more abstract) the level of construal of that object. Supporting this analysis, research shows (a) that the various distances are cognitively related to each other, (b) that they similarly influence and are influenced by level of mental construal, and (c) that they similarly affect prediction, preference, and action. (Contains 1 footnote and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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