Reconsidering research on self-humanizing: The importance of mean comparative judgments.
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| Title: | Reconsidering research on self-humanizing: The importance of mean comparative judgments. |
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| Authors: | Cypryańska, Marzena (AUTHOR), Nezlek, John B. (AUTHOR), Jaskółowska, Aleksandra (AUTHOR), Formanowicz, Magdalena Maria (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Social Psychology. 2017, Vol. 157 Issue 2, p129-142. 14p. |
| Subjects: | Human behavior, Personality, Comparison (Psychology), Thought & thinking, Uniqueness (Philosophy) |
| Abstract: | Self-humanization is defined as the tendency to view oneself as more essentially human than others. Researchers have claimed that people attribute human nature traits more strongly to themselves than to others, but not uniquely human traits. In this article we suggest that such claims are based on the misinterpretation of results. Most studies have not presented mean comparative judgments, making it impossible to determine whether people thought they possessed characteristics less strongly or more strongly than the average person. We found that people (N = 256) in Poland, Italy, and Korea perceived themselves as possessing desirable human nature and uniquely human characteristics more than others, as possessing undesirable uniquely human traits less than others, and as similar to others in terms of undesirable human nature characteristics. It seems that being more human than others means possessing some traits more than others and possessing some traits less than others. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | Self-humanization is defined as the tendency to view oneself as more essentially human than others. Researchers have claimed that people attribute human nature traits more strongly to themselves than to others, but not uniquely human traits. In this article we suggest that such claims are based on the misinterpretation of results. Most studies have not presented mean comparative judgments, making it impossible to determine whether people thought they possessed characteristics less strongly or more strongly than the average person. We found that people (N = 256) in Poland, Italy, and Korea perceived themselves as possessing desirable human nature and uniquely human characteristics more than others, as possessing undesirable uniquely human traits less than others, and as similar to others in terms of undesirable human nature characteristics. It seems that being more human than others means possessing some traits more than others and possessing some traits less than others. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| ISSN: | 00224545 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00224545.2017.1282849 |
