Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United States
We explored the role of “naïve realism” in perceptions of attitudinal differences between proponents and opponents of unmarried cohabitation (UC) in the United States. Participants were presented with UC vignettes, asked to describe their own impressions of the couple in each scenario, and then to s...
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| description | We explored the role of “naïve realism” in perceptions of attitudinal differences between proponents and opponents of unmarried cohabitation (UC) in the United States. Participants were presented with UC vignettes, asked to describe their own impressions of the couple in each scenario, and then to speculate about the impressions of the typical UC proponent and opponent. A comparison of these impressions yielded a pattern of false polarization in their perceptions, such that partisans’ self-reported sympathy was reliably more similar than the degree of sympathy either side attributed to the other. Partisans also exhibited egocentric bias regarding the basis for each side’s stances on UC. The relevance of this misperception and faulty assumptions toward the resolution of the debate over unmarried cohabitation is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3734fd2f3c614d8aa6759f45ef7543be2023-01-02T14:18:44ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships1981-64722016-06-01101365510.5964/ijpr.v10i1.202ijpr.v10i1.202Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United StatesAndrea A. McCracken0Matthew S. McGlone1Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, USAUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USAWe explored the role of “naïve realism” in perceptions of attitudinal differences between proponents and opponents of unmarried cohabitation (UC) in the United States. Participants were presented with UC vignettes, asked to describe their own impressions of the couple in each scenario, and then to speculate about the impressions of the typical UC proponent and opponent. A comparison of these impressions yielded a pattern of false polarization in their perceptions, such that partisans’ self-reported sympathy was reliably more similar than the degree of sympathy either side attributed to the other. Partisans also exhibited egocentric bias regarding the basis for each side’s stances on UC. The relevance of this misperception and faulty assumptions toward the resolution of the debate over unmarried cohabitation is discussed.http://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/202naive realismcohabitationconflictperceptionattributions |
| spellingShingle | Andrea A. McCracken Matthew S. McGlone Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United States Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships naive realism cohabitation conflict perception attributions |
| title | Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United States |
| title_full | Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United States |
| title_short | Naive Realism in the Unmarried Cohabitation Controversy in the United States |
| title_sort | naive realism in the unmarried cohabitation controversy in the united states |
| topic | naive realism cohabitation conflict perception attributions |
| url | http://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/202 |
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