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Wetering, Celèste van de (2023)

Predicting behavior: A study about the relation between cognitive empathy, and the accuracy adolescents learn how to predict the social behaviors of peers

Master thesis | Psychology (MSc)

The relation between cognitive empathy, and the accuracy adolescents learn how to predict the social behavior of peers was examined in this current study with 38 adolescents. The data was obtained through an online social prediction game which measured the two motives, greed and risk aversion, that drive the cooperative behavior of others, and a survey from the Interpersonal Reactivity Index which measured cognitive empathy. The findings suggest that the expected relations do not exist. However, in the oldest age group significant correlations were found between greed and empathy. Further research on the relation between cognitive empathy and the accuracy adolescents learn how to predict the social behavior of peers is necessary to make a reliable statement about this relation.

Author

Wetering, Celèste van de

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Child and Adolescent psychology

Supervisors

Ili Ma

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en