[The effect of interdependency on the levels of self and other perception].

This study investigated the possibility that different levels of self-other interdependency lead to different levels of self and other perception. Forty-six undergraduates were randomly assigned and were told descriptions of everyday relations that were either high or low in interdependency. They were asked whether they experienced each type of the relations, and if they did, what they thought for each at the time. Content analysis of their statements indicated that statements about intention, attitude, and emotion of self and other were more frequent when the interdependency was high than low, whereas statements disregarding intention and thought of self and other were more numerous at low interdependency. It is suggested that the levels of self and other perception are interrelated, and that the degree of interdependency between self and the other determines the salient level of self and other perception.