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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 ).
1 paź 2016 · This paper critically reviews the current status of the concept of distance in human geography in order to argue that recent experimentally-driven work in construal-level theory offers ample opportunities for recasting distance as a key geographical trope.
Absolute distance - Distance in quantitative terms; such as miles or kilometers. Relative distance - Qualitative distance; such as 20 min south, 30 min north, description of place. Clustering - How close objects are over a geographical space. Dispersal - How far objects are spread out.
14 mar 2020 · Psychological distance is a tool for assessing the fit or integration between the perceptual subject and object, which is an important determinant of whether primary, essential characteristics or secondary, peripheral characteristics are used as the basis for evaluation.
revealed by construal-level theory (spatial distance; temporal distance; social distance; and hypothetical distance), the paper articulates this research program from experimental psychology with geographical
Rather than assessing sensitivity to distance in a choice paradigm, each of these studies instead examine how initial dis-tancing (socially, probabilistically) reduces direct magnitude esti-mation of further distance (i.e., time) but not for nondistance intervals.
1 paź 2016 · This critical review aims to reconstruct distance as a central concept to contemporary human geography by subjectifying it, that is, by focusing on the subjective experiencing of distance.
