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Construal-level theory of psychological distance.
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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.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Trope, Y., & Liberman, N.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- ORCID
- Liberman, Nira
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 440-463
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- PMC
- PMC3152826
- OpenAlex
- W2089457241
- Cited by
- 6,618
- References
- 195
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 98.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2010-07-26)
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (59030-06A1)
- Israeli Science Fund (1346/04)
- Binational Science Fund (2007247)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Keywords
- construal level theory, psychological distance, mental construal, time distance, spatial distance, social distance, hypotheticality, counterfactual reasoning, prediction, preferences, action
- MeSH terms
- Distance Perception, Humans, Psychological Theory, Psychophysics, Psychological Distance, Space Perception, Visual Perception, Vocabulary
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