Empathy, culture and self-humanising: Empathising reduces the attribution of greater humanness to the self more in Japan than Australia.
Int J Psychol
; 51(4): 301-6, 2016 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
People tend to ascribe greater humanness to themselves than to others. Previous research has indicated that this "self-humanising" bias is independent of self-enhancement and robust across cultures. The present study examined the possible role of empathy in reducing this bias in Japan (N = 80) and Australia (N = 80). Results showed that unlike Australians, Japanese participants who recalled personal experiences of empathising with others were less likely to self-humanise than those in a neutral condition. The effect of the empathy manipulation was not observed in Australia. The findings suggest that empathy may reduce self-focus and enable perceivers to appreciate the full humanness of others, but this effect may be culturally contingent.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Percepção Social
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Cultura
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Empatia
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão