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Definition. Psychological distance is a cognitive separation between the self and other instances such as persons, events, or times. Description. Dimensions. Psychological distance is defined within the Construal-Level Theory (CLT), which was developed by Trope and Liberman ( 2003 ).
The research reviewed here suggests that psychological distance, as conceptualized here, captures a fundamental aspect of meaning common to all distances and may provide a unifying framework for understanding a wide range of seemingly unrelated psychological phenomena.
Four types of psychological distance can separate you from your goals: social (between yourself and other people), temporal (between the present and the future), spatial (between your physical...
1 lip 2014 · We define psychological distance as the extent of divergence from direct experience of me, here and now along the dimensions of time, space, social perspective, or hypotheticality. Table I provides examples of the ways in which psychological distance has been varied in previous research.
14 mar 2020 · Psychological distance emphasizes that the individual has a subjective experience of the goal, and the reference point of the distance is the observer itself. Psychological distance mainly describes the affinity relationship between the subject and the object.
Investigations into such psychological distancing—removal from an egocentric reference point—have suggested similarities between geographical space, time, probability, and social distance. We draw on these similarities to propose that experiencing any kind of distance will reduce sensitivity to any other distance.
15 mar 2019 · Psychological distance effects have attracted the attention of behavioral economists in the context of descriptive modeling and behavioral policy. Indeed, psychological distance effects have been shown for an increasing number of domains and applications relevant to economic decision-making.
