Treat Teresa A, Viken Richard J, Summers Sharday
Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Seashore Hall E11, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Nov;44(8):2267-71. doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0539-8. Epub 2015 Apr 28.
The current study evaluated whether the sexual relevance of the social environment potentiated men's judgments of women's sexual interest, particularly among men reporting more frequent misperception of a potential partner's sexual interest. Twenty-eight scenes were constructed depicting social environments that were either lower or higher in sexual relevance (e.g., office vs. bar). A full-body photograph of one of 14 college-aged women was inserted into each scene; the women all expressed neutral-to-positive affect and varied in provocativeness of dress and attractiveness. A total of 237 undergraduate males viewed each scene and judged how sexually interested and friendly each woman felt. Sexually relevant social environments potentiated men's judgments of women's sexual interest far more than their friendliness. This effect was stronger among more conservatively dressed women and among men reporting more frequent experiences of misperceiving a woman's sexual interest. The findings highlight the contextualized nature of emotional perception, whereby perception of emotion is potentiated in congruent, relative to incongruent, contexts.
当前的研究评估了社会环境的性相关程度是否会增强男性对女性性兴趣的判断，尤其是在那些报告称更频繁误解潜在伴侣性兴趣的男性中。构建了28个场景，描绘了性相关程度较低或较高的社会环境（例如，办公室与酒吧）。将14名大学年龄女性之一的全身照片插入每个场景中；这些女性都表现出中性到积极的情绪，穿着的挑逗性和吸引力各不相同。共有237名本科男性观看了每个场景，并判断每个女性的性兴趣和友好程度如何。与友好程度相比，性相关的社会环境更能增强男性对女性性兴趣的判断。在穿着较为保守的女性以及报告更频繁误解女性性兴趣经历的男性中，这种效应更强。研究结果凸显了情绪感知的情境化本质，即相对于不一致的情境，情绪感知在一致的情境中会得到增强。
