Personal change and the continuity of the self |
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Institution: | University of Chicago, 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, United States |
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Abstract: | Five studies explore how anticipating different types of personal change affects people’s perceptions of their own self-continuity. The studies find that improvements are seen as less disruptive to personal continuity than worsening or unspecified change, although this difference varies in magnitude based on the type of feature being considered. Also, people’s expectations and desires matter. For example, a negative change is highly disruptive to perceived continuity when people expect improvement and less disruptive when people expect to worsen. The finding that some types of change are consistent with perceptions of self-continuity suggests that the self-concept may include beliefs about personal development. |
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Keywords: | Psychological essentialism Personal change Identity Self-continuity Self-concept Psychological connectedness Feature centrality |
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