self-referent
- adjective
- /ˌsɛlfˈrɛfərənt/
- Specialized
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autoreferente
- The self-referent nature of his speech made it clear that he was reflecting on his own experiences.
- self-referent processing
Examples
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When writing, using a self-referent style can help clarify the writer's intentions and connect better with the audience.
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Her self-referent comments on her performance revealed her deep understanding of her own capabilities.
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As a result, self-referent processing will facilitate message elaboration and recall.
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Individuals may have strong preferences regarding the self-referent term of choice, and it is usually advisable to ask what term a person prefers to use.
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The results of this study suggest that presenting individuals with messages that induce self-referent processing leads participants to engage in systematic processing.
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Bandura (1980) posited that "the relationship between knowledge and action is significantly mediated by self-referent thought" (p. 263).
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Given the self-referent content of the TEOSQ items, response variability on the questionnaire may represent a combined function of acculturative level and self-presentational bias.
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Response bias. Due to the potentially negative self-referent content of the questionnaire items, it was considered important to assess and control for potential self-presentational biases in athletes' responses.
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It was further predicted that participants who were low in private self-attention and low in self-referent processing would lack the desire to carefully process the communication; consequently, these participants would be equally persuaded by strong and weak arguments.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A word or action that points back to the subject, like 'herself'
Describing something that refers to itself or to its own type
How Self-Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Self-referent comes from self ('oneself') and refer ('to point back'), so it means 'pointing back to itself'. A helpful image is a mirror or a sentence that talks about itself, because both point back to themselves.