scholarly journals The Honest Mirror: Morality as a Moderator of Spontaneous Behavioral Mimicry

Author(s):  
Michela Menegatti ◽  
Silvia Moscatelli ◽  
Marco Brambilla ◽  
Simona Sacchi
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten van Zalk ◽  
Steffen Nestler ◽  
Katharina Geukes ◽  
Roos Hutteman ◽  
Mitja Back

Empirical evidence suggests that people select friends whose extraversion is similar to their own (selection effects). However, little is known about whether friends influence extraversion development (influence effects) and about the interaction mechanisms that underlie friendship selection and influence effects. We examined whether selection and influence effects explain similarity in extraversion between friends in two independent samples. Similarity in extraversion predicted a higher likelihood of friendship selection across four years in Sample 1 (n = 1,698; Mage = 22.72, SD = 2.99; 49% female) and across a period of 16 weeks in Sample 2 (n = 131; Mage = 21.34, SD = 3.95; 77% female). Friends’ extraversion predicted increases in young adults’ extraversion in both samples. In Sample 2, we examined the interaction mechanisms underlying these selection and influence effects by combining event-based experience-sampling network dynamics with diary data on friendship network and extraversion dynamics. Findings showed that (a) similarity in extraversion predicted positive interaction quality changes and (b) positive interaction quality predicted friendship selection (bonding mechanism). In the same sample, (I) friends’ extraversion predicted friends’ sociable behavior changes, (II) friends’ sociable behavior predicted young adults’ sociable behavior changes, and (III) young adults’ sociable behavior predicted extraversion changes (behavioral mimicry mechanism). These findings provide unique insight into interaction mechanisms underlying longitudinal links between friendships and extraversion.





2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Maddux ◽  
Elizabeth Mullen ◽  
Adam D. Galinsky
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2014 ◽  
Vol E97.D (8) ◽  
pp. 2008-2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiro KUMANO ◽  
Kazuhiro OTSUKA ◽  
Masafumi MATSUDA ◽  
Junji YAMATO


Author(s):  
Zhaleh Semnani-Azad ◽  
Katia Sycara ◽  
Danielle Rice ◽  
Wendi Adair ◽  
Michael Lewis
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2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 1640-1649
Author(s):  
Susie Nam ◽  
Samantha E. Shune

Purpose Individuals with dysphagia, particularly in the presence of dementia, are at high risk for decreased nutrition and hydration. Unfortunately, current treatment options are not without limitations and often ignore the crucial social aspects of mealtimes. The aim of this exploratory, proof-of-concept study was to examine whether the social phenomenon of nonconscious behavioral mimicry can increase drinking behaviors in healthy older adults. Method Forty-two older adults ( M age = 68.26 years, SD = 6.49) participated. Participants and a member of the research team posing as another participant (a confederate) took turns describing two series of pictures, while, unbeknownst to the participants, the confederate either frequently drank from a cup of water or touched the cup. The primary outcome measures (number of drinks per minute, number of cup touches per minute, percentage of time spent drinking, and percentage of time spent touching the cup) were coded and analyzed across both the confederate drinking and cup-touching conditions. Results Participants drank more frequently and spent more task time drinking during the confederate drinking condition as compared to the cup-touching condition. There was significant variability in drinking patterns across participants, with some only drinking when they were not engaged in the picture description task. Conclusions Behavioral mimicry may increase drinking behaviors in healthy older adults, although the effect may not be as robust among certain subsets of individuals. Clinically, mimicry may hold potential as a powerful, noninvasive supplemental mealtime strategy for increasing intake in those who are most at risk for malnutrition.



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