Titel
Immediate self-information is prioritized over expanded self-information across temporal, social, spatial, and probability domains
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Abstract
People construct self-representation beyond the experiential self and the self-concept can expand to interpersonal as well as intrapersonal dimensions. The cognitive ability to project oneself onto expanded selves in different time points and places plays a crucial role in planning and decision-making situations. However, no research to date has shown evidence explaining the early mechanism of how processing the experiential self-information differs from processing the expanded self-information across temporal, social, spatial, and probability domains. We report novel effects showing a systematic information prioritization toward the experiential selves (i.e., the self that is now, here, and with highest certainty) compared to the expanded selves (i.e., the self that is in the future, at a distant location, and with lower certainty; Experiments 1a, 2, and 3). Implicit prioritization biases lasted over time (Experiment 1b; i.e., 4 months) indicating a trait-like more than a state-like measure of individual differences. Different biases, however, did not consistently correlate with each other (Experiments 1a to 3) suggesting separate underlying mechanisms. We discuss potential links to the basic structure of self-representation and individual differences for implications.
Stichwort
Self-representationexpanded selfinformation prioritizationimplicit biasindividual differences
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
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Titel
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Band
74
Ausgabe
9
ISSN
1747-0218
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Seitenanfang
1615
Seitenende
1630
Publication
SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
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