Li Ranran, Balliet Daniel, Thielmann Isabel, de Vries Reinout E
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Department of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2024 Oct 7. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000475.
The idea that strong situations restrict variance in behaviors has been treated as a maxim in psychology. Prior work has, however, offered inconclusive support for this proposition. We aimed to overcome the limitations of prior research to conclusively test the restricted variance hypothesis derived from the situational strength framework. Specifically, we conducted a preregistered meta-analysis ( = 301, = 25,670) in the context of cooperative behavior observed within the standard social dilemma paradigm. We found that strong, compared with weak, situations (theorized and validated via perception ratings) indeed restricted variance in behaviors. Moreover, ratings on perceived situational strength of specific experimental conditions ( = 138, = 41) further supported the hypothesis that higher levels of perceived situational strength were associated with less variance in behavior. Our findings have important theoretical implications for understanding the situational forces shaping social behavior and for advancing research on person-situation interactions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
在心理学领域，强烈情境会限制行为变异性这一观点一直被视为一条准则。然而，先前的研究对此观点的支持并不确定。我们旨在克服先前研究的局限性，以确凿地检验源自情境强度框架的受限变异性假设。具体而言，我们在标准社会困境范式中观察到的合作行为背景下，进行了一项预先注册的元分析（样本量(n = 301)，样本总数(N = 25670)）。我们发现，与弱情境相比，强情境（通过感知评分进行理论化和验证）确实限制了行为的变异性。此外，对特定实验条件下感知情境强度的评分（样本量(n = 138)，样本总数(N = 41)）进一步支持了这一假设，即较高水平的感知情境强度与行为变异性较小相关。我们的研究结果对于理解塑造社会行为的情境力量以及推进关于人与情境相互作用的研究具有重要的理论意义。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2024美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
