The self being endowed the property of the owned object
Document Type
Presentation
Source Publication
28th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention
Publication Date
5-27-2016
Publisher
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Abstract
Past research on mere ownership effect has shown that people perceived the object more positively when they own (vs. do not own) the object. Our research extends this idea showing that when people own an object, they perceive the self as endowed with the property of the owned object.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Yeung, V., Loughnan, S., Kashima, Y., Lun, V. M. C. & Yeung, S.(2016, May). The self being endowed the property of the owned object. Poster presented at the 28th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Chicago.