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BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1467396

Self-Other Differences in the Perceived Authenticity of Attitudes Expressed towards Social Groups

Provisionally accepted
Andre Mata Andre Mata 1*André Vaz André Vaz 2
  • 1 University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2 Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    We assessed the perceived authenticity of attitudes expressed toward several social groups as a function of whether those attitudes were expressed by the self or by other people, and whether those expressions were automatic (without time to ponder) or controlled (without time constraints). Participants considered their controlled responses more authentic than their automatic responses. However, the same did not happen when considering others' attitudes.Implications for social perception are discussed.

    Keywords: better-than-average effect, Pluralistic ignorance, perceived authenticity, True self, Self-other differences, Dual-process models

    Received: 19 Jul 2024; Accepted: 13 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Mata and Vaz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Andre Mata, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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