On reading someone elses mind: the phenomenon of taking the perspective of other people 2500-PL-PS-FO2-02

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Term 2023Z:

Taking other people's perspective has been defined as the individual "tendency to spontaneously adopt psychological point of view of others" or as "the process of imagining the world from another’s vantage point or imagining oneself in another’s shoes". It implies that perspective taking is assumed to be a dispositional quality or a process which can be induced in everyone with certain conditions. Since Jean Piaget, who claimed cognitive decentering to be one of the most important achievements in cognitive development, psychologists examine processes underlying human propensity to reflect upon what other people may think, feel or want as well as the effects of such reflection. The course has been designed to explore the nature of perspective taking and its impact on an individual's cognitive and social functioning.

Term 2024Z:

Type of course

elective courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

The elective course in the field of cognitive psychology for the 2nd and 3rd year students. The completion of the lectures on "Cognitive Psychology" and "Social Psychology" would be an advantage. The capability of reading in English is necessary to participate in the course.

Course coordinators

Dorota Rutkowska

Learning outcomes

Students

- provide the definition of perspective taking
- identify cognitive basis of the framing effect
- report cognitive consequences of perspective taking
- report social consequences of perspective taking
- comprehend how perspective taking affects cognitive and social functioning of an individual
- know personality features that limit the impact of perspective taking on an individual functioning
- plan research on the role of perspective taking in an individual’s functioning
- design research methods to elicit perspective taking in experiments
- critically analyse research methods and procedures which are applied in studies on perspective taking

Bibliography

Term 2023Z:

Readings on particular topics
1.
- Piaget, J. (1966). Studia z psychologii dziecka. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
- Gehlbach, H., Brinkworth, M. E., Wang, M. (2012). The social perspective taking process: What motivates individuals to take another's perspective. Teachers College Record, 114(1), 1-29.
- Gehlbach, H., Brinkworth, M. E. (2012). The social perspective taking process: Strategies and sources of evidence in taking another’s perspective. Teachers College Record, 114(2), 1-29.

2. Davis, M. H., Soderlund, T., Cole, J., Gadol, E., Kute, M., Myers, M., Weihibg, J. (2004). Cognitions associated with attempts to empathize: How do we imagine the perspective of another. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(12), 1625-1635.

3. Epley, N., Morewedge, C.K., Keysar, B. (2004). Perspective taking in children and adults: Equivalent egocentrism but differential correction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40(6), 760–768.

4. Zhang, X., Fung, H. H., Stanley, J. T., Isaacowitz, D. M., Ho, M. Y. (2013). Perspective taking in older age revisited: A motivational perspective. Developmental Psychology, 49(10), 1848–1858.

5. Epley, N., Keysar, B., Van Boven, L. Gilovich, T. (2004). Perspective taking as egocentric anchoring and adjustment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87(3), 327-339.

6. Ames, D. R. (2004). Inside the mind reader's toolkit: Projection and stereotyping in mental state inference. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87(3), 340-353.

7. Oswald, P. A. (2002). The interactive effects of affective demeanor, cognitive processes, and perspective-taking focus on helping behavior. The Journal of Social Psychology, 142(1), 120-132.

8. Myers, M. W., Laurent, S. M., Hodges, S. D. (2014). Perspective taking instructions and self-other overlap: different motives for helping. Motivation & Emotion, 38, 224-234.

9. Epley, N., Caruso, E.M., Bazerman, M.H. (2006). When perspective taking increases taking: Reactive egoism in social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91(5), 872-889.

10. Ku, G., Wang, C. S., Galinsky, A. D. (2010). Perception through a perspective-taking lens: Differential effects on judgment and behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46(5), 792–798.

11. Skorinko, J. L., Sinclair, S. A. (2013). Perspective taking can increase stereotyping: The role of apparent stereotype confirmation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(1), 10–18.

12. Laurent, S. M., Myers, M. W. (2011). I know you’re me, but who am I? Perspective taking and seeing the other in the self. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(6), 1316–1319.

13. Eyal, T., Epley, N. (2018). Perspective mistaking: Accurately understanding the mind of another requires getting perspective, not taking perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(14), 547-571.

14. Realo, A., Allik,J., Nolvak, A., Valk, R. Ruus, T., Schmidt, M., Eilola, T. (2003). Mind-reading ability: Beliefs and performance. Journal of Research in Personality 37(5), 420–445.