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On the social nature of nonsocial perception: the mere ownership effect
- Source :
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Feb, 1992, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p229, 9 p.
- Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- The assumption of the present research was that ownership of an object causes the owner to treat the object as a social entity because ownership creates a psychological association between the object and the owner. Three experiments investigated whether Ss would evaluate an object more favorably merely because they owned it, a bias analogous to other self-serving biases people display. Study 1 confirmed the existence of this mere ownership effect. Study 2 showed that the effect was not due to Ss having greater exposure to an owned object relative to an unowned object. Study 2 showed that the effect may be a specific instance of a general tendency of people to make self-enhancing judgments.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223514
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.12096041