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)

Studies that utilize the Self-Based Heuristic include:
- Friend or Foe? Differential Use of the Self-Based Heuristic as a Function of Relationship Satisfaction

Alma College

The self-based heuristic refers to the degree to which an individual’s own characteristics contribute to ratings of another’s personality. We use the self as a reference to judge others.

Self-Based Heuristic (SBH)

Weller, J., & Watson, D. (2009). Friend or foe? Differential use of the self‐based heuristic as a function of relationship satisfaction. Journal of personality, 77(3), 731-760.

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