Partner verification: Restoring shattered images of our intimates.

Ronde, Chris De La; B., Jr. Swann William

doi:10.1037//0022-3514.75.2.374

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“…This expectation then drives other behaviors. De La Ronde and Swann (1998) find that individuals spontaneously attempt to validate their partner after receiving discrepant (i.e., invalidating) feedback. This verification in turn fostered greater intimacy in the relationship.…”

Section: Mitigation Behaviorsmentioning

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Social Verification Theory: A New Way to Conceptualize Validation, Dissonance, and Belonging

Hillman

Fowlie

MacDonald

2022

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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Academic Abstract In the present review, we propose a theory that seeks to recontextualize various existing theories as functions of people’s perceptions of their consistency with those around them. This theory posits that people seek social consistency for both epistemic and relational needs and that social inconsistency is both negative and aversive, similar to the experience of cognitive dissonance. We further posit that the aversive nature of perceiving social inconsistency leads people to engage in various behaviors to mitigate or avoid these inconsistencies. When these behaviors fail, however, people experience chronic social inconsistency, which, much like chronic rejection, is associated with physical and mental health and well-being outcomes. Finally, we describe how mitigation and avoidance of social inconsistency underlie many seemingly unrelated theories, and we provide directions for how future research may expand on this theory. Public Abstract In the present review, we propose that people find inconsistency with those around them to be an unpleasant experience, as it threatens people’s core need to belong. Because the threat of reduced belongingness evokes negative feelings, people are motivated to avoid inconsistency with others and to mitigate the negative feelings that are produced when it inevitably does arise. We outline several types of behaviors that can be implemented to avoid or mitigate these inconsistencies (e.g., validation, affirmation, distancing, etc.). When these behaviors cannot be implemented successfully, people experience chronic invalidation, which is associated with reduced physical and mental health and well-being outcomes. We discuss how invalidation may disproportionately affect individuals with minoritized identities. Furthermore, we discuss how belongingness could play a key role in radicalization into extremist groups.

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Section: Mitigation Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Verification Theory: A New Way to Conceptualize Validation, Dissonance, and Belonging

Hillman

Fowlie

MacDonald

2022

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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The Good Target of Personality Judgments

Mignault

Human

2019

The Oxford Handbook of Accurate Personality Judgment

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Being a good target, judgeable, or high in expressive accuracy plays a fundamental role in the accuracy of personality judgments. In line with Funder’s realistic accuracy model (RAM), targets are responsible for the quality and quantity of information—or cues—they provide to judges, and have the potential to influence how much attention and cognitive resources judges dedicate to those cues. In this chapter, target characteristics are discussed, such as psychological adjustment and social skills, which influence each stage of the RAM, thereby distinguishing good targets from targets that are more elusive or difficult to read. To conclude, possible intra- and inter-personal benefits of expressive accuracy and potential ways to enhance expressive accuracy are considered.

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Targeting the Good Target

Human

Biesanz

2013

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

139

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A person's judgeability, or the extent to which a person is easy to understand, plays an important role in how accurately a target will be perceived by others. Research on this topic, however, has not been systematic or well-integrated. The current review begins to remedy this by integrating the available research on judgeability from the fields of personality perception, nonverbal communication, and social cognition. Specifically, this review summarizes the characteristics that are likely to promote judgeability and explores its potential consequences. A diverse range of characteristics are identified as predictors of judgeability, all relating to three broader categories: psychological adjustment, social status, and socialization. Furthermore, being judgeable has a variety of potential, largely positive, consequences for the target, leaving good targets poised for greater personal and interpersonal well-being. Nevertheless, many questions on this topic remain and it is crucial for this relatively understudied topic to receive more systematic empirical attention.

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Partner verification: Restoring shattered images of our intimates.

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Social Verification Theory: A New Way to Conceptualize Validation, Dissonance, and Belonging

Social Verification Theory: A New Way to Conceptualize Validation, Dissonance, and Belonging

The Good Target of Personality Judgments

Targeting the Good Target

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