Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Cognition. 2010 Jul;116(1):15-22. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.03.010. Epub 2010 Apr 8.
We investigated whether performing a task with a co-actor shapes the way a subsequent task is performed. In four experiments participants were administered a Simon task after practicing a spatial compatibility task with an incompatible S-R mapping. In Experiment 1 they performed both tasks alongside another person; in Experiment 2 they performed the spatial compatibility task alone, responding to only one stimulus position, and the Simon task with another person; in Experiment 3, they performed the spatial compatibility task with another person and the Simon task alone; finally, in Experiment 4, they performed the spatial compatibility task alone and the Simon task with another person. The incompatible practice eliminated the Simon effect in Experiments 1 and 4. These results indicate that when a task is distributed between two participants with each one performing a different part of it, they tend to represent the whole task rather than their own part of it. This experience can influence the way a subsequent task is performed, as long as this latter occurs in a social context.
我们研究了与协作者一起完成任务是否会影响后续任务的完成方式。在四个实验中，参与者在进行了与空间兼容性任务具有不兼容 S-R 映射的任务后，进行了西蒙任务。在实验 1 中，他们与另一个人一起完成了这两个任务；在实验 2 中，他们独自完成了空间兼容性任务，仅对一个刺激位置做出反应，然后与另一个人一起完成了西蒙任务；在实验 3 中，他们与另一个人一起完成了空间兼容性任务，然后独自完成了西蒙任务；最后，在实验 4 中，他们独自完成了空间兼容性任务，然后与另一个人一起完成了西蒙任务。在实验 1 和实验 4 中，不兼容的练习消除了西蒙效应。这些结果表明，当任务由两个参与者分配，每个参与者执行不同的部分时，他们倾向于代表整个任务，而不是自己的部分。只要后续任务发生在社交环境中，这种体验就会影响任务的完成方式。
