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  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

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  • The self is understood as intrinsically linked to interpersonal contexts.
  • Previous work established that representations of significant others are automatically activated by situational cues.
  • This activation impacts experienced and expressed aspects of the self and personality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the IF-THEN cognitive-affective framework of personality to interpersonal relationships at the dyadic level.
  • To integrate social cognition and learning theory with a learning-based psychodynamic approach.
  • To explore the social-cognitive process of transference and the relational self in everyday interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Building upon the IF-THEN cognitive-affective framework of personality.
  • Integrating social cognition, learning theory, and a learning-based psychodynamic approach.
  • Analyzing research on transference and the relational self in social interactions.

Main Results:

  • Representations of significant others and relationships are automatically activated by situational cues.
  • This activation influences both experienced and expressed aspects of the self and personality.
  • The framework supports a conceptualization of personality emphasizing situational centrality.

Conclusions:

  • The self is dynamically embedded within interpersonal contexts, varying in IF-THEN patterns.
  • The relational self emerges from the interplay of social cognition, learning, and psychodynamic processes.
  • Situational cues play a central role in shaping personality and interpersonal dynamics.