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Everyday conceptions of modesty: a prototype analysis.

Aiden P Gregg¹, Claire M Hart, Constantine Sedikides

¹Center for Research on Self and Identity, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. aiden@soton.ac.uk

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This study explored everyday ideas about modesty, finding it centrally involves humility, shyness, and not boasting. Modesty also includes traits like honesty and agreeableness in people

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Social Psychology
Cultural Psychology

Background:

Theoretical definitions require rigorous formulation and comprehensive conceptual coverage.
Understanding psychological phenomena necessitates empirical investigation of everyday conceptions.
Modesty, a complex psychological trait, lacks a universally agreed-upon empirical definition.

Purpose of the Study:

To empirically investigate and define everyday conceptions of modesty.
To identify central and peripheral components of modesty through exemplar analysis.
To validate the prototypicality of identified modesty clusters using explicit and implicit measures.

Main Methods:

A U.S./U.K. sample generated exemplars of modesty.
Judges sorted exemplars into superordinate categories.
Category prototypicality was assessed using exemplar frequency, priority, and explicit/implicit measures.

Main Results:

Central exemplars of modesty included humility, shyness, solicitousness, and not boasting.
Peripheral exemplars included honesty, agreeableness, introversion, and not being arrogant.
Everyday conceptions of modesty encompass both cognitive and behavioral aspects.

Conclusions:

Everyday conceptions of modesty are multifaceted, incorporating humility, agreeableness, and introversion.
Empirical investigation of psychological phenomena provides valuable insights into theoretical definitions.
The study successfully mapped the conceptual structure of modesty in a combined U.S./U.K. sample.