On the relationship between empathy and the actor versus observer hypothesis |
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Authors: | Sharon S Brehm David Aderman |
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Institution: | University of Kansas USA;Duke University USA |
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Abstract: | Subjects listened to a tape recording of a dyadic interaction. It was predicted that the observational set instructions received by the subjects (to empathize with one member of the dyad or not to empathize with this person) would create evaluation effects similar to those created for attributions of responsibility by actor-observer differences: The actor would receive credit for his positive outcome and blame for his negative outcome more when evaluated by nonempathizing observers, and the social environment would receive credit and blame for the actor's outcomes more when evaluated by empathizing observers. The predicted three-way interaction was obtained. Additional results are discussed in terms of previous empathy research. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Sharon S Brehm Department of Psychology University of Kansas Lawrence KS 66045 |
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