Motivation generally increases SPT accuracy, but some goals can motivate inaccuracy¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2004 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Perceiver interest in the target positively influenced SPT accuracy in videotaped-interaction studies, though relationship-maintenance goals can sometimes motivate inaccurate perspective taking. → Gehlbach 2004

Evidence¶

Gehlbach 2004¶

Gehlbach, Hunter. (2004). A New Perspective on Perspective Taking: A Multidimensional Approach to Conceptualizing an Aptitude. Educational Psychology Review 16 (3). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EDPR.0000034021.12899.11

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports a laboratory study using the videotape procedure in which male participants were more motivated to figure out the thoughts and feelings of attractive female targets, and this interest "positively influenced SPT accuracy". No effect size is printed.

"Ickes et al. (1990) found that the perceiver's interest in the target person generally (and specifically in the target's attractiveness) positively influenced SPT accuracy."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Motivation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Familiarity with the target improves SPT accuracy — related
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