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JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 90, Issue 3, Pages 440-452Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC/EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.440
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modeling; influence; similarity; dissimilarity; social comparison
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH15750] Funding Source: Medline
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Modeling research that has focused on the effects of observing similar others appears to have underestimated the influence of observing dissimilar others. Two experiments demonstrated that observing a model express liking for a piece of music induced more favorable opinions of the music (positive modeling) when the model was similar to the participant observer in relevant opinions, and more negative opinions (negative modeling) when the model was dissimilar to the participant in relevant opinions. Of note, this pattern was more pronounced when participants also believed their general backgrounds were dissimilar rather than similar to that of the model: Underlying social comparison processes and the mediational role of participants' liking of the model are considered.
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