Future events are far away: exploring the distance-on-distance effect
1University of Texas.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|March 26, 2014
Summary
Psychological distance influences perceptions across different dimensions, creating a "distance-on-distance" effect. This effect, mediated by construal level, links egocentric distance perceptions across temporal, social, spatial, and probabilistic domains.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Psychological distance, encompassing temporal, social, spatial, and probabilistic dimensions, is a key area of research.
- Existing literature explores these dimensions independently, with limited understanding of their interplay.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the
- distance-on-distance
- effect, where distance in one domain influences perception of distance in another.
Main Methods:
- Five experimental studies were conducted.
- The research manipulated egocentric psychological distance across various dimensions.
- Construal level theory was used to explain the observed effects.
Main Results:
- A consistent distance-on-distance effect was observed, linking egocentric distance perceptions across domains.
- The effect was mediated by the level of construal induced by the known distance.
- The effect was contingent on the psychological distance being egocentric.
Conclusions:
- The findings support the proposed distance-on-distance effect and its underlying mechanism.
- This research extends construal level theory and contributes to the understanding of distance perception.
- Implications for how individuals perceive likelihood and proximity in various contexts are discussed.
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