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In Search of Information That Confirms a Desired Self-Perception: Motivated Processing of Social Feedback and Choice of Social Interactions
- Abstract:
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The present studies examined how the motivation to see oneself as characterized by desirable attributes may influence feedback seeking and social preferences. In Study 1, participants were first led to believe that extraversion or introversion is conducive of success. Next, they received false feedback about themselves, related to extraversion and to introversion. In a surprise recall, extraversion-success participants remembered extraversion feedback more accurately and introversion feedback...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Journal website
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 412-422
- Publication date:
- 2004-04-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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0000-0000
- ISSN:
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0146-1672
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:435777
- UUID:
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uuid:c88e03b3-19ef-4929-9b06-add78422de06
- Local pid:
- pubs:435777
- Source identifiers:
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435777
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- Copyright holder:
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
- Copyright date:
- 2004
- Notes:
- © 2004 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. The full text of this article is not available in ORA. You may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link above.
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