Erle, Thorsten M. and Topolinski, Sascha ORCID: 0000-0001-9295-3463 (2015). Spatial and Empathic Perspective-Taking Correlate on a Dispositional Level. Soc. Cogn., 33 (3). S. 187 - 211. NEW YORK: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 0278-016X

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Abstract

Empathic perspective-taking is inevitably described using spatial locatives (understanding a point of view) and involves a metaphorical merging of the self and other. Visuo-spatial perspective-taking involves an actual embodied merging of the self and other. Yet, the two kinds of perspective-taking are treated as independent of each other. Four studies found that these two kinds of perspective-taking are related on a dispositional level. Individuals with high levels of empathic perspective-taking were betterat imagining different views of the same object (Studies 1-3). This correlation could not be explained by general intelligence (Study 2) and was nominally stronger among participants who explicitly reported that they engaged in spatial perspective-taking (Study 3). Study 4 showed a correlation between empathic perspective-taking and performance on another spatial perspective-taking task. These relations can be explained by a shared mechanism of embodied self-rotation during all kinds of perspective-taking.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Erle, Thorsten M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Topolinski, SaschaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-9295-3463UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-402439
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2015.33.3.187
Journal or Publication Title: Soc. Cogn.
Volume: 33
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 187 - 211
Date: 2015
Publisher: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
ISSN: 0278-016X
Language: English
Faculty: Faculty of Human Sciences
Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects: Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
VISUAL PERSPECTIVE; AFFECTIVE CONSEQUENCES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; STIGMATIZED GROUP; SEX-DIFFERENCES; MENTAL-IMAGERY; SOCIAL-SKILLS; SELF-ROTATION; ABILITY; PERCEPTIONMultiple languages
Psychology, SocialMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40243

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