Operationalization of social distance

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Libby, L. K., & Eibach, R. P. (2002). Looking back in time: Self-concept change affects visual perspective in autobiographical memory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 167-179.

Nan, X. (2007). Social distance, framing, and judgment: A construal level perspective, Human Communication Research, 33, 489–514.

Chandran, S., Menon, G. (2004). When a Day Means More than a Year: Effects of Temporal Framing on Judgments of Health Risk. Journal of Consumer Research, 31, 375-389.

Culture and CLT

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Choi, I, Nisbett, R. E., & Norenzayan, A. (1999). Causal attribution across cultures: Variation and universality. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 47-63. (printed)

Morris, M. W., & Peng, K. (1994). Culture and cause: American and Chinese attributions for social and physical events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 949-971.

Nisbett, R. E., Peng, K., Choi, I., & Trope, Y. (2004). Culture and systems of thought: Holistic versus analytic cognition. Psychological Review, 108, 291-310.

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Raghubir, P. & Menon, G. (1998). AIDS and me, never the twain shall meet: The effects of information accessibility on judgments of risk and advertising effectiveness. Journal of Consumer Research, 26, 52-63.

Menon, G.., Block, L. G., Ramanathan, S. (2002). We’re at as much risk as we’re led to believe: Effects of message cues o judgments of health risk. Journal of Consumer Research, 28, 533-549.

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Rothman, A. J., Bartels, R. D., Wlaschin, J., & Salovey, P. (2006). The strategic use of gain- and loss-framed messages to promote healthy behaviors: How theory can inform practice. Journal of Communication, 56, 202-220.

Overall review

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Stephan, E. (2007). Psychological distance. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (Vol. 2, pp. 353-383). New York: Guilford Press.

Bar-Anan, Y., Liberman, N., Trope, Y. (2006). The Association Between Psychological Distance and Construal Level: Evidence from an Implicit Association Test. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135,

Trope, Y. (2004). Theory in Social Psychology: Seeing the forest or the tress. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 8, 193-200. (printed)

Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Wakslak, C. (2007). Construal levels and psychological distance: Effects on representation, prediction, evaluation, and behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology,17, 83-95.

Smith, P. K., & Trope, Y. (2006). You focus on the forest when you’re in charge of the trees: Power priming and abstract information processing.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 578-596.(?)

Trope, Y. & Liberman, N. (2003). Temporal construal. Psychological Review, 110, 403-421.

Loss-Gains versus. Level of Construal

Eyal, T., Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Walther, E. (2004). The pros and cons of temporally near and distant Action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 86, 781-795.

Nan, X. (2007). Social distance, framing, and judgment: A construal level perspective, Human Communication Research, 33, 489–514.

Trope, Y. & Liberman, N. (2003). Temporal construal. Psychological Review, 110, 403-421.

Fujita, K. F., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Levin-Sagi, M. (2006). Construal Levels and Self-Control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 351-367.

Fujita, K. F., Henderson, M. D., Eng, J., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2006). Spatial Distance and Mental Construal of Social Events. Psychological Science , 17, 278-282.

Nussbaum, S., Liberman, N. & Trope, Y. (2006). Predicting the near and distant future. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 152-161.

Wakslak, S. J., Trope, Y., Liberman, N. & Alony, R. (2006). Seeing the Forest When Entry is Unlikely: Probability and the Mental Representation of Events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 641-653.

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., McCrae, S. M., & Sherman, S. J. (2007). The Effect of Level of Construal on the Temporal Distance of Activity Enactment. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 143-149.

Bar-Anan, Y., Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Algom, D. (in press). The automatic processing of psychological distance: Evidence from a Stroop task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Bar-Anan, Y., Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Algom, D. (2007). Automatic processing of psychological distance: Evidence from a stroop task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , 136 , 610-622 .
Todorov, A., Goren, A., & Trope, Y. (2007). Probability as a psychological distance: Construal and preference. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 43 , 473-482 .

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Wakslak, C. (2007). Construal level theory and consumer behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 17, 113-117.

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., Macrae, S., & Sherman, S. J. (2007). The effect of level of construal on the temporal distance of activity enactment. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 43, 143-149 .

Henderson, M. D., Fujita, K., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2006). Transcending the “here”: The effect of spatial distance on social judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 845-856.

Bar-Anan, Y., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2006). The association between psychological distance and construal level: Evidence from an implicit association test. Journal of Experimental Psychology,135, 609-622.

Wakslak, C. J., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Aloni, R. (2006). Seeing the Forest When Entry is Unlikely: Probability and the Mental Representation of Events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 641-653.

Henderson, M. D., Trope, Y., & Carnevale, P. ( 2006). Negotiation from a near and distant time perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 712-729.

Nussbaum, S., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2006). Predicting the near and distant future. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 152-161 .

Fujita, K., Henderson, M., Eng, J., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2006). Spatial distance and mental construal of social events. Psychological Science, 17, 278-282.

Eyal, T., Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Walther, E. (2004). The pros and cons of temporally near and distant action.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 781-795.

Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2003). Temporal construal.Psychological Review, 110, 403-421.