The influence of memory on the subjective experience of later problem solving was investigated in two experiments. Study of the solution words to anagrams in the first phase of the experiments lead to faster solution of those anagrams in a second phase. Participants interpreted their easy solution of old anagrams as due to characteristics of the anagrams and judged them as easier for others to ...

This study examined the metaphorical perceptions of parents with adolescent children towards adolescents and being parent a teenager. The qualitative participants consisted 102 whose were at 8-12 grade level in Ankara. data collected spring term 2019-2020 academic year. participant asked to fill blanks: "I think, today's are like ... because ……" "Being teenager is … ……...". themes that describe...

Scores on the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (RAS) were positively related to measures of healthy narcissism and inversely related to empathic distress, anxiety, and depression. Partial correlational procedures controlled for the tendency of healthy and unhealthy forms of narcissism to be linked together and revealed the RAS to be inversely associated with maladaptive narcissism. This same basic...

Understanding how healthfully people think they eat compared to others has implications for their motivation to engage in dietary change and the adoption of health recommendations. Our goal was to investigate the scope, sources, and measurements of bias in comparative food consumption beliefs. Across 4 experiments, participants made direct comparisons of how their consumption compared to their ...

Egocentric notions of fairness lead to conflict escalation, impasse, and efficiency losses. While communication may attenuate this self-serving bias, the authors find that more powerful parties are relatively less inclined to adjust their fairness views following communication in a negotiation. A more even reduction of egocentrism is achieved when parties are exhorted to communicate under delib...

This study examines how people manage uncertain competitive social interactions. To achieve positive interaction outcomes, individuals may engage in a social perception process that leads them to believe they have obtained more information about others than these others gained about them. We investigate how asymmetric knowledge perceptions contribute to important aspects of negotiation, namely ...

The present studies explored how adolescents process information in making decisions about risk behavior. We studied two developmental aspects of adolescent egocentrism: personal fable (a sense of invulnerability) and imaginary audience (focus on others), along with individual difference variables (sensation seeking, selfesteem, and peer pressure). The studies investigated the effects of a mess...

Children (aged 6-10) and adults (total N = 136) completed a novel visual perspective-taking task that allowed quantitative comparisons across age groups. All age groups found it harder to judge the other person's perspective when it differed from their own. This egocentric interference did not decrease with age, even though, overall, performance improved. In addition, it was more difficult to j...

Introduction In adolescence, the person transitions from reality of childhood, where he is mostly dependent on his parents, to adult life, which necessitates acquisition role systems, established autonomy, and ability accept responsibility. The most important feeling during that time maturation into adulthood. Objectives This study was designed investigate impact new cognitive formations young ...