Spurious? Name similarity effects (implicit egotism) in marriage, job, and moving decisions

Bibliographic Data

ID6200535
AuthorsUri Simonsohn (0000-0002-8601-7211, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume101
Issue1
Pages1-24
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0021990
PMID21299311
OpenAlexW2473663888
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Three articles published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology have shown that a disproportionate share of people choose spouses, places to live, and occupations with names similar to their own. These findings, interpreted as evidence of implicit egotism, are included in most modern social psychology textbooks and many university courses. The current article successfully replicates the original findings but shows that they are most likely caused by a combination of cohort, geographic, and ethnic confounds as well as reverse causality

Attribution · Causality (physics) · Ethnic group · Personality · Similarity (geometry) · Sociology · Spurious relationship · Anthropology · Computer Science · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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