Construal level theory proposes that temporal distance changes people's responses to
future events by changing the way people mentally represent those events. The greater the …

People directly experience only themselves here and now but often consider, evaluate, and
plan situations that are removed in time or space, that pertain to others' experiences, and …

Since the publication of our first text on social cognition, a lot has changed for us personally
(children come and gone, grandchildren have arrived, new jobs, new houses) and …

Four studies examined the prediction of construal level theory that the more distant future
events would be construed in higher-level, more abstract, and simple terms. Objects were …

The impact of the history of one's own group's treatment of another group on feelings of
collective guilt and behavioral reactions to this guilt were examined in 2 studies. In a …

Psychologically distant things (objects, events) are those that are not present in the direct
experience of reality. We would like to set aside the philosophical questions regarding the …

Construal-level theory proposes that increasing the reported spatial distance of events leads
individuals to represent the events by their central, abstract, global features (high-level …

According to construal level theory (N. Liberman, Y. Trope, & E. Stephan, in press; Y. Trope
& N. Liberman, 2003), people use a more abstract, high construal level when judging …

In recent years, scientists have increasingly taken to investigate the predictive nature of
cognition. We argue that prediction relies on abstraction, and thus theories of predictive …

This article examines the interplay of social and temporal distance on consumers' responses
to others' recommendations. Drawing on research on psychological distance and the “fit” …