Fischer-Lokou Jacques, Martin Angélique, Guéguen Nicolas, Lamy Lubomir
Université de Bretagne-Sud, IUT de Vannes, 8 rue Montaigne, 56017 Vannes Cedex, France.
Psychol Rep. 2011 Apr;108(2):599-605. doi: 10.2466/07.17.21.PR0.108.2.599-605.
This study tested, in a natural setting, the effect of mimicry on people's disposition toward helping others and the extent to which this helping behavior is extended to people not directly involved in the mimicry situation. In the main street of a busy town, men (n = 101) and women (n = 109) passersby were encountered and asked for directions. These passersby were subjected to mimicry by naïve confederates who mimicked either verbal behavior alone or verbal and nonverbal behaviors together, including arm, hand, and head movements. In the control condition, passersby were not mimicked. Following this first encounter, each subject was then met further down the street by a second confederate who asked for money. The results show that people who had been mimicked complied more often with a request for money and gave significantly more, suggesting they were more helpful and more generous toward other people, even complete strangers.
本研究在自然情境下测试了模仿对人们帮助他人倾向的影响，以及这种帮助行为延伸至未直接参与模仿情境之人的程度。在一个繁忙城镇的主街上，研究人员遇到了男性（n = 101）和女性（n = 109）路人并向他们问路。这些路人受到了天真的同谋者的模仿，这些同谋者要么只模仿言语行为，要么同时模仿言语和非言语行为，包括手臂、手部和头部动作。在控制条件下，路人没有受到模仿。在第一次相遇之后，每个受试者随后在街道更远处遇到了第二个同谋者，后者向他们要钱。结果表明，受到模仿的人更经常答应要钱的请求，并且给予的钱显著更多，这表明他们对他人，甚至是完全陌生的人更乐于助人、更慷慨。
