Naive realism in the unmarried cohabitation controversy in the United States
Author(s) / Creator(s)
McCracken, Andrea A.
McGlone, Matthew S.
Abstract / Description
We explored the role of “naïve realism” in perceptions of attitudinal differences between proponents and opponents of unmarried cohabitation (UC) in the United States. Participants were presented with UC vignettes, asked to describe their own impressions of the couple in each scenario, and then to speculate about the impressions of the typical UC proponent and opponent. A comparison of these impressions yielded a pattern of false polarization in their perceptions, such that partisans’ self-reported sympathy was reliably more similar than the degree of sympathy either side attributed to the other. Partisans also exhibited egocentric bias regarding the basis for each side’s stances on UC. The relevance of this misperception and faulty assumptions toward the resolution of the debate over unmarried cohabitation is discussed.
Keyword(s)
naive realism cohabitation conflict perception attributionsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-06-30
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
10
Issue
1
Page numbers
36–55
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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McCracken, A. A., & McGlone, M. S. (2016). Naive realism in the unmarried cohabitation controversy in the United States. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(1), 36–55. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i1.202
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Author(s) / Creator(s)McCracken, Andrea A.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)McGlone, Matthew S.
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Date of first publication2016-06-30
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Abstract / DescriptionWe explored the role of “naïve realism” in perceptions of attitudinal differences between proponents and opponents of unmarried cohabitation (UC) in the United States. Participants were presented with UC vignettes, asked to describe their own impressions of the couple in each scenario, and then to speculate about the impressions of the typical UC proponent and opponent. A comparison of these impressions yielded a pattern of false polarization in their perceptions, such that partisans’ self-reported sympathy was reliably more similar than the degree of sympathy either side attributed to the other. Partisans also exhibited egocentric bias regarding the basis for each side’s stances on UC. The relevance of this misperception and faulty assumptions toward the resolution of the debate over unmarried cohabitation is discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationMcCracken, A. A., & McGlone, M. S. (2016). Naive realism in the unmarried cohabitation controversy in the United States. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(1), 36–55. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i1.202en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1739
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2105
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i1.202
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Keyword(s)naive realismen_US
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Keyword(s)cohabitationen_US
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Keyword(s)conflicten_US
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Keyword(s)perceptionen_US
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Keyword(s)attributionsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleNaive realism in the unmarried cohabitation controversy in the United Statesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers36–55
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Volume10
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