Perspective-Taking and Self-Other Overlap: Fostering Social Bonds and Facilitating Social Coordination

By Adam D. Galinsky, Gillian Ku, Cynthia S. Wang. 2005

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Intergroup Perception and Cognition: An Integrative Framework for Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Social Categorization (2017, background): “Whereas research on perspective-taking indicates that increasing selfother overlap can also reduce outgroup stereotyping (Galinsky et al., 2005; Galinsky & Moskowitz, 2000), research on the conditioning of self-outgroup links does not (Woodcock & Monteith, 2013).”
It’s All About the Self (2016, background): “Seeing more of oneself in others should lead one to react more kindly to them and thus make stereotypic representations of the group to which they belong less likely to be activated (e.g., Dovidio et al., 2004; Galinsky & Moskowitz, 2000; Galinsky et al., 2005; Wang, Ku, Tai, & Galinsky, 2013).”
Cyberbullying among adolescent bystanders: role of the communication medium, form of violence, and empathy (2013, background): “Research has demonstrated the importance of cognitive empathy in reducing negative behaviour (Batson et al., 1997; Galinsky et al., 2005).”
Perspective taking combats the denial of intergroup discrimination (2012, background): “…target's perspective arouses a group-specific mindset wherein only the targeted group benefits (see also Batson et al., 1997; Todd et al., 2011; Vescio et al., 2003), which accords with the notion that perspective-taking is geared toward securing specific social bonds (Galinsky et al., 2005).”
The greatest magic of Harry Potter: Reducing prejudice (2015, neutral): “Research has shown that empathy and perspective taking can be induced by listening to or reading stories of individuals belonging to stigmatized groups, such as ethnic groups, homeless,and older people (e.g.,Batson et al., 1997; Galinsky & Ku, 2004; Galinsky, Ku, & Wang, 2005).”
Building long-term empathy: A large-scale comparison of traditional and virtual reality perspective-taking (2018, background): “These tasks can be particularly powerful since they often result in feelings of inclusion 75 and self-other merging [10], reduce prejudice and attenuate negative stereotypes [14], can help 76 create and maintain social bonds [15], facilitate social interactions [16], and motivate altruistic 77 helpi”