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Number 1/2006
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Agents and recipients perspective in social perception - dual content
or dual processes theory of mind?
Małgorzata Kossowska
Sławomir Śpiewak
Institute of Psychology
Jagiellonian University
Abstract |
In our commentary, we consider the cognitive mechanism of agents or recipients
perspective taking in social perception. On the one hand, in the light of
the theory, it is possible that taking one of the perspectives just leads to
automatic activisation of different content categories (agency or communion),
processed in a unitary way. On the other hand, it is also possible that taking
one perspective - agent or recipient - sets processes in motion that are differently
characterised by cognitive and motivational parameters. This second option seems
to be a very interesting avenue of research.
Key words: information processing, activation of content categories,
agent or recipient mode of mind functioning
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