Asked participants to rate themselves, people they like and dislike, and people they thought they were similar to and different from on various Big 5 personality traits. Were looking to see if one's self-description was predictive of the trait ratings of another individual. 

Projection and Similarity

Asked participants to rate themselves, someone they like, and someone they dislike on personality traits (Big 5) and emotional traits (PANAS-X). Also looked at the degrees to which one knew and liked these individuals.

Friend or Foe? Self-Based Heuristic and Others; Weller and Watson (2009)

Pertains to differences in social projection tendencies to liked others (e.g. friends, family, etc.) and disliked others (e.g. former friends, enemies, etc.).

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Social projection refers to the tendency for people to project their qualities onto others and expect others to have similar traits, attitudes, and behaviors as their own.

Social Projection

Davis, M. H. (2017). Social projection to liked and disliked targets: The role of perceived similarity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 286-293.

Social Projection to Liked and Disliked Targets: The Role of Perceived Similarity

Concerns social projection tendencies towards members of certain group categories (e.g. in-groups and out-groups).

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