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Self‐actualization and impression formation 1
Author(s) -
Goldman Jeffrey A.,
Olczak Paul V.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1978.tb01009.x
Subject(s) - psychology , interpersonal perception , perception , social psychology , personality , impression formation , interpersonal communication , social perception , preference , impression management , cognition , interpersonal relationship , neuroscience , economics , microeconomics
Self‐actualization (SA), assessed by scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory, was related to interpersonal behavior in two person perception experiments. SA moderated both personality impression ratings of stimulus persons presented singly and person preference choices in a paired comparisons paradigm. In general, self‐actualized individuals were found to be more extreme in their responses to social stimuli than were non‐self‐actualized individuals. Results were discussed in terms of previous attempts to assess the relationship between SA and cognitive processing.