Roberts James W, Bennett Simon J, Hayes Spencer J
Brain and Behaviour Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2018 Apr;71(4):850-858. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2017.1307430. Epub 2018 Jan 1.
Social primes (pro-social, anti-social) can modulate mimicry behaviour. To date, these social modulation effects have been explained by the primed incentive to affiliate with another (Social Top-Down Response Modulation; STORM) and the primed active-self-concept leading to behaviour that is either consistent or inconsistent with the primed-construct (Active-Self account). This study was designed to explore the explanatory power of each of these accounts and thereby gain a greater understanding of how social modulation unfolds. To do this, we assessed social modulation of motor contagion in individuals high or low in self-monitoring. It was reasoned that high self-monitors would modulate mimicry according to the primed social incentive, whereas low self-monitors would modulate according to the primed active-self-concept. Participants were primed with a pro-social and anti-social cue in the first-person and third-person perspective. Next, they completed an interpersonal observation-execution task featuring the simultaneous observation and execution of arm movements that were either congruent or incongruent to each other. Results showed increased incongruent movement deviation (motor contagion) for the anti-social compared to the pro-social prime in the high self-monitors only. Findings support the STORM account of mimicry by showing observers modulate behaviour based on the social incentive underpinning an interpersonal exchange.
社会启动因素（亲社会、反社会）能够调节模仿行为。迄今为止，这些社会调节效应已通过与他人建立联系的启动动机（社会自上而下反应调节；STORM）以及启动的主动自我概念导致与启动结构一致或不一致的行为（主动自我账户）来解释。本研究旨在探究这些解释的效力，从而更深入地理解社会调节是如何展开的。为此，我们评估了自我监控水平高或低的个体中运动感染的社会调节情况。据推测，高自我监控者会根据启动的社会动机来调节模仿行为，而低自我监控者会根据启动的主动自我概念来调节。参与者在第一人称和第三人称视角下分别接受亲社会和反社会线索的启动。接下来，他们完成了一项人际观察 - 执行任务，该任务要求同时观察和执行彼此一致或不一致的手臂动作。结果显示，仅在高自我监控者中，与亲社会启动相比，反社会启动下不一致动作偏差（运动感染）增加。研究结果通过表明观察者基于人际交流背后的社会动机来调节行为，支持了STORM模仿理论。
