The Effects of Online Status on Self-Other Processing as Revealed by Automatic Imitation

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Cognition Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI:10.1521/SOCO.2021.39.2.295

Sumeet Farwaha, Sukhvinder S. Obhi

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Abstract

High status individuals have been found to be less attuned to the behavior of others in the social environment. An important question is whether social status in an online setting affects social information processing in a way that resembles the known effects of real-world status on such processing. We examined differences in automatic imitation between Instagram “leaders” and “followers.” In Experiment 1, we found that followers exhibited more automatic imitation than leaders. Experiment 2 sought to establish whether this effect depended on status being salient, or whether it would occur spontaneously in the absence of priming. Results confirmed that thinking about status prior to the task is necessary for producing the pattern of effects in which high status individuals exhibit less automatic imitation than lower status individuals. We discuss our findings in relation to the effects of online status on self-other processing as assessed in the automatic imitation task.

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自动模仿揭示在线状态对自我-他者加工的影响

人们发现，地位高的人在社会环境中对他人的行为不太适应。一个重要的问题是，在线环境中的社会地位是否会以类似于现实世界地位对社会信息处理的已知影响的方式影响社会信息处理。我们研究了Instagram“领导者”和“追随者”在自动模仿方面的差异。在实验1中，我们发现追随者比领导者表现出更多的自动模仿。实验2试图确定这种影响是否取决于状态的显著性，或者在没有启动的情况下是否会自发发生。结果证实，在任务之前思考状态对于产生效果模式是必要的，在这种模式中，地位高的个体比地位低的个体表现出更少的自动模仿。我们讨论了在自动模仿任务中评估的在线状态对自我-他人处理的影响。

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Social Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on empirical research, self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception. Three broad concerns define the scope of the journal: - The processes underlying the perception, memory, and judgment of social stimuli - The effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information The behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.