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@article{ Galinsky2005,
 title = {Perspective-Taking and Self-Other Overlap: Fostering Social Bonds and                Facilitating Social Coordination},
 author = {Galinsky, Adam D. and Ku, Gillian and Wang, Cynthia S.},
 journal = {Group Processes & Intergroup Relations},
 number = {2},
 pages = {109-124},
 volume = {8},
 year = {2005},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430205051060},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-227712},
 abstract = {The present article offers a conceptual model for how the cognitive processes                associated with perspective-taking facilitate social coordination and foster social                bonds. We suggest that the benefits of perspective-taking accrue through an                increased self-other overlap in cognitive representations and discuss the                implications of this perspective-taking induced self-other overlap for stereotyping                and prejudice. Whereas perspective-taking decreases stereotyping of others (through                application of the self to the other), it increases stereotypicality of                one’s own behavior (through inclusion of the other in the self). To                promote social bonds, perspective-takers utilize information, including stereotypes,                to coordinate their behavior with others. The discussion focuses on the                implications, both positive and negative, of this self-other overlap for social                relationships and discusses how conceptualizing perspective-taking, as geared toward                supporting specific social bonds, provides a framework for understanding                why the effects of perspective-taking are typically target-specific and do not                activate a general helping mind-set. Through its attempts to secure social bonds,                perspective-taking can be an engine of social harmony, but can also reveal a dark                side, one full of ironic consequences.},
}