van Baaren Rick B, Holland Rob W, Kawakami Kerry, van Knippenberg Ad
University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Psychol Sci. 2004 Jan;15(1):71-4. doi: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.01501012.x.
Recent studies have shown that mimicry occurs unintentionally and even among strangers. In the present studies, we investigated the consequences of this automatic phenomenon in order to learn more about the adaptive function it serves. In three studies, we consistently found that mimicry increases prosocial behavior. Participants who had been mimicked were more helpful and generous toward other people than were nonmimicked participants. These beneficial consequences of mimicry were not restricted to behavior directed toward the mimicker, but included behavior directed toward people not directly involved in the mimicry situation. These results suggest that the effects of mimicry are not simply due to increased liking for the mimicker, but are due to increased prosocial orientation in general.
最近的研究表明，模仿是无意发生的，甚至在陌生人之间也会出现。在本研究中，我们调查了这种自动现象的后果，以便更多地了解其发挥的适应性功能。在三项研究中，我们一致发现模仿会增加亲社会行为。被模仿的参与者比未被模仿的参与者对他人更乐于助人、更慷慨。模仿的这些有益后果并不局限于针对模仿者的行为，还包括针对未直接参与模仿情境的人的行为。这些结果表明，模仿的影响并非仅仅源于对模仿者的喜爱增加，而是总体上亲社会倾向的增强。
