Cooley Erin, Payne B Keith, Cipolli William, Cameron C Daryl, Berger Alyssa, Gray Kurt
Psychology Department, Colgate University.
University of North Carolina.
J Exp Psychol Gen. 2017 May;146(5):691-699. doi: 10.1037/xge0000293. Epub 2017 Apr 3.
Three studies examine how subtle shifts in framing can alter the mind perception of groups. Study 1 finds that people generally perceive groups to have less mind than individuals. However, Study 2 demonstrates that changing the framing of a group from "a group of people" to "people in a group," substantially increases mind perception-leading to comparable levels of mind between groups and individuals. Study 3 reveals that this change in framing influences people's sympathy for groups, an effect mediated by mind perception. We conclude that minor linguistic shifts can have big effects on how groups are perceived-with implications for mind perception and sympathy for mass suffering. (PsycINFO Database Record
三项研究探讨了框架的细微变化如何改变对群体的心理认知。研究1发现，人们通常认为群体的心理比个体少。然而，研究2表明，将群体的框架从“一群人”改为“群体中的人”，会大幅增加心理认知，从而使群体和个体之间的心理认知水平相当。研究3揭示，这种框架的变化会影响人们对群体的同情，这种影响是由心理认知介导的。我们得出结论，微小的语言变化可能对群体的认知产生重大影响，这对心理认知和对大规模苦难的同情具有启示意义。（PsycINFO数据库记录）
