metaperspective
English edit
Etymology edit
meta- + perspective
Noun edit
metaperspective (plural metaperspectives)
- (psychology) The perspective that one believes another person to attribute to him or her.
- 1981, Dennis R Smith, Lewis Keith Williamson, Interpersonal communication: roles, rules, strategies, and games:
- The husband's metaperspective is his view of his wife's view of her relationship with him.
- 2007, Sophia Jowett, David Lavallee, Social psychology in sport:
- The metaperspective aims to assess the degree to which one relationship member can accurately infer the other member's closeness, commitment, and complementarity.