DOPPELGANGER - TWINS DISRUPTION OF THE ASSUMPTIONS OF CONSTANCY AND UNIQUENESS OF SELF IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Authors
SADRI M SADRI A
Citation
M. Sadri et A. Sadri, DOPPELGANGER - TWINS DISRUPTION OF THE ASSUMPTIONS OF CONSTANCY AND UNIQUENESS OF SELF IN EVERYDAY LIFE, Symbolic interaction, 17(2), 1994, pp. 203-223
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology
Journal title
Symbolic interaction → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956086
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
203 - 223
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6086(1994)17:2<203:D-TDOT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The ubiquitous presence of the assumptions of constancy and uniqueness of self in everyday life renders them virtually undetectable. A radic al disruption of these assumptions through an experiment involving ide ntifical twins lays bare the varieties of ''extrinsic'' and ''intrinsi c'' rationalizations and convictions concerning the performer and the audience that protect the above dual assumptions of social cognition a nd communication.