The Effect of Dislike on Accuracy and Bias in Person Perception

Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Authors

The present work explores how accuracy and bias in person perception change with the level of liking that the perceiver holds toward the target person. Specifically, we studied whether dislike affects (a) the social desirability of judgments (positivity bias), (b) the extent to which the target is described like an average person (normative accuracy), and (c) the extent to which the judgment reflects the given target’s characteristics in particular (distinctive accuracy). Eighty-four participants watched four target persons on video, after receiving bogus feedback on how positively or negatively those targets had supposedly evaluated them. The participants reciprocated negative bogus evaluations showing a marked decrease in reported liking for the respective target. Most important, dislike was consistently associated with lower positivity bias, greater normative accuracy, and lower distinctive accuracy across two validation measures (i.e., self-reports and informant reports of target persons).

Original languageEnglish
JournalSocial Psychological and Personality Science
Volume9
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)80-88
Number of pages9
ISSN1948-5506
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2018
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • accuracy, interpersonal relationships, person perception, personality assessment, response style
  • Psychology

DOI

Recently viewed

Publications

  1. Contributing to sustainable development pathways in the South Pacific through transdisciplinary research
  2. Planning nature-based solutions: Principles, steps, and insights
  3. Resisting foundations
  4. A Glance at the World
  5. Schreiben in der Fremdsprache lehren und lernen
  6. How to measure the substantive representation of traditionally excluded groups in comparative research
  7. De-hierarchization, trans-linearity and intersubjective participation in ethnographic research through interactive media representations: www.laviedurail.net
  8. Knowledge Production in Consulting Teams
  9. Mental fatigue and the control of cognitive processes
  10. Effect of laser peen forming process parameters on bending and surface quality of Ti-6Al-4V sheets
  11. Mindfulness-based interventions in the workplace
  12. Protocol
  13. Explorations in regional variation
  14. Optimal grazing management rules in semi-arid rangelands with uncertain rainfall
  15. Prior entry explains order reversals in the attentional blink
  16. Common Ground and Development
  17. Developing Carbon Accounting: Between driving Carbon Reductions and Complying with a Carbon Reporting Standard
  18. The continued relevance of compromissory clauses as a source of ICJ jurisdiction
  19. Gremlin fusion products with immunoglobulin Fc domains and their use as antiinflammatories or immunomodulators
  20. What Is Popular Art?
  21. unplugged
  22. Improving the surface quality of AlMgSi1 alloy with the selection of the appropriate vibration grinding stones
  23. Are Si–C bonds formed in the environment and/or in technical microbiological systems?
  24. Decolonizing RFMOs
  25. Wage Structures, Fairness Perceptions, and Job Satisfaction
  26. Anmerkung zu EuGH Rs. C-555/07 (Kücükdeveci)
  27. Lagging behind in CSR?