Do Experimental Manipulations of Pathogen Avoidance Motivations Influence Conformity?

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Florian van Leeuwen, Bastian Jaeger, Willem W A Sleegers, Michael Bang Petersen
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Abstract

By conforming to ingroup norms, individuals coordinate with other group members, preserve cohesion, and avoid costs of exclusion. Previous experiments have shown that increased concerns about infectious disease increase conformity. However, coordination with other group members has multiple benefits, most of which exist independent of pathogenic infection. Hence, a strong causal effect of pathogen avoidance motivations on conformity seems unlikely. Results from five experiments (N = 1,931) showed only limited support for the hypothesis that experimentally increasing pathogen avoidance motivations influences conformity. Overall, our findings are not consistent with the notion that the human mind contains a fast-acting psychological mechanism that regulates conformity as a function of short-term pathogen avoidance motivations.

避免病原体动机的实验操作会影响服从性吗?
通过遵从内群体规范,个体可以与其他群体成员协调,保持凝聚力,避免被排斥的代价。之前的实验表明,对传染病的担忧增加会提高服从性。然而,与其他群体成员协调有多种益处,其中大部分益处与病原体感染无关。因此,病原体规避动机似乎不太可能对一致性产生强烈的因果效应。五项实验(N = 1,931)的结果表明,实验中增加病原体回避动机会影响一致性的假设只得到了有限的支持。总的来说,我们的研究结果并不符合这样一种观点,即人类大脑中存在一种快速作用的心理机制,它可以通过短期的病原体回避动机来调节一致性。
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期刊介绍: The Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin is the official journal for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. The journal is an international outlet for original empirical papers in all areas of personality and social psychology.
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