Sassenrath Claudia, Sassenberg Kai, Semin Gün R
University of Ulm, Germany.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2013 Jun;143(2):245-51. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.03.011. Epub 2013 May 3.
The current research examined the impact of temperature cues on perspective-taking. Individuals often start with their own point-of-view when taking another's perspective and thereby unintentionally project their own perspective onto others, which ultimately leads to egocentrically biased inferences of others' perspectives. Accordingly, perspective-taking is enhanced under conditions reducing this egocentric anchoring. In two studies, we show that perspective-taking is enhanced when participants are exposed to cooler rather than warmer temperature cues. Specifically, this is shown to be the case, because cooler temperatures reduce egocentric anchoring in perspective-taking (Study 2). Results are discussed with reference to the literature on (temperature) grounded cognition indicating a link between cold temperatures and social distance. Hence, whereas earlier research has shown that individuals feel more distant from each other when undergoing cooler thermal experiences, the present research suggests that this thermal experience prevents them from over-imputing their own perspectives onto others.
当前的研究考察了温度线索对换位思考的影响。个体在采取他人视角时往往从自己的观点出发，从而无意中将自己的视角投射到他人身上，这最终导致以自我为中心的他人视角偏差推断。因此，在减少这种自我中心锚定的条件下，换位思考能力会得到增强。在两项研究中，我们发现当参与者接触到较冷而非较暖的温度线索时，换位思考能力会得到增强。具体而言，情况确实如此，因为较低的温度会减少换位思考中的自我中心锚定（研究2）。我们结合关于（温度）具身认知的文献对结果进行了讨论，该文献表明寒冷温度与社会距离之间存在联系。因此，尽管早期研究表明，个体在经历较冷的热体验时会感觉彼此之间的距离更远，但本研究表明，这种热体验会阻止他们过度将自己的视角强加于他人。
