Does reasoning about personal problems improve with psychological distance?
STUDY DESCRIPTION
Solomon’s paradox describes the tendency for people to reason more wisely about other people’s
problems compared to their own. One potential explanation for this paradox is that people tend to view
other people’s problems from a more psychologically distant perspective, whereas they view their own
problems from a psychologically immersed perspective . For example, imagine two friends, Beth and Zoe,
are discussing Zoe’s relationship problems.