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Experiments 1a/1b support this claim by showing that participants construe others' actions more concretely (vs. abstractly) when those actions are written from the first-person (vs. third-person) narrative perspective. Experiments 2a/2b build on this finding to show that people prefer concrete (vs. abstract) summary descriptions of short narrative stories that are written from the first-person (vs. third-person) narrative perspective. Experiment 3 tests the implications of this effect for persuasion, showing people were more motivated to donate blood when first-person (vs. third-person) donation testimonials were paired with concrete (vs. abstract) arguments for donating. Finally, Experiment 4 shows that narrative perspective influences identification with a character depending on the relatability of the character's experience. First-person (vs. third-person) narratives increase identification with characters, unless their experiences are too difficult to relate to. 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摘要
人类讲故事是为了分享信息、唤起情感和改变观点。这些故事的内在维度是讲述故事的叙事视角:有时故事是从第一人称叙事视角讲述的(例如,使用我/我代词),而其他时候,故事是用第三人称叙事视角讲述的(例如,使用他/他,她/她等代词)。目前的研究测试了第一人称(相对于第三人称)叙事视角导致人们更具体地(相对于抽象地)解释信息的假设,并对读者如何解读和受文本影响产生下游效应。实验1a/1b支持了这一观点,实验表明,当参与者以第一人称(第三人称)的叙述视角来描述他人的行为时,他们会更具体地(而不是抽象地)解释他人的行为。实验2a/2b建立在这一发现的基础上,表明人们更喜欢从第一人称(vs.第三人称)叙述角度对短篇故事进行具体(vs.抽象)的总结描述。实验3测试了这种说服效应的含义,表明当第一人称(相对于第三人称)的捐赠证明与具体(相对于抽象)的捐赠论据相结合时,人们更有动力献血。最后,实验4表明,叙事视角对角色认同的影响取决于角色经历的相关性。第一人称叙述(相对于第三人称)增加了角色的认同感,除非他们的经历很难与角色联系起来。这些发现让我们深入了解了叙事视角如何影响人们对书面文本的理解,以及它对态度和行为的后续影响。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA,版权所有)。
He sees the forest, I see the trees: Narrative perspective shifts how abstractly people construe a text.
Humans tell stories to share information, evoke emotions, and change opinions. An inherent dimension of these stories is the narrative perspective from which they are told: Sometimes stories are told from a person's first-person narrative perspective (e.g., using I/me pronouns), whereas other times, they are told about the person using a third-person narrative perspective (e.g., using he/him, she/her, etc., pronouns). The current work tests the hypothesis that the first-person (vs. third-person) narrative perspective causes people to construe information more concretely (vs. abstractly), with downstream effects on how readers interpret and are influenced by a text. Experiments 1a/1b support this claim by showing that participants construe others' actions more concretely (vs. abstractly) when those actions are written from the first-person (vs. third-person) narrative perspective. Experiments 2a/2b build on this finding to show that people prefer concrete (vs. abstract) summary descriptions of short narrative stories that are written from the first-person (vs. third-person) narrative perspective. Experiment 3 tests the implications of this effect for persuasion, showing people were more motivated to donate blood when first-person (vs. third-person) donation testimonials were paired with concrete (vs. abstract) arguments for donating. Finally, Experiment 4 shows that narrative perspective influences identification with a character depending on the relatability of the character's experience. First-person (vs. third-person) narratives increase identification with characters, unless their experiences are too difficult to relate to. These findings provide insight into how narrative perspective influences people's understanding of a written text, as well as its subsequent influence on attitudes and behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
期刊介绍:
Journal of personality and social psychology publishes original papers in all areas of personality and social psychology and emphasizes empirical reports, but may include specialized theoretical, methodological, and review papers.Journal of personality and social psychology is divided into three independently edited sections. Attitudes and Social Cognition addresses all aspects of psychology (e.g., attitudes, cognition, emotion, motivation) that take place in significant micro- and macrolevel social contexts.