Minding the Gap: Narrative Descriptions about Mental States Attenuate Parochial Empathy.
Minding the Gap: Narrative Descriptions about Mental States Attenuate Parochial Empathy.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0140838
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Saxe R
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作者：
Bruneau EG;Cikara M;Saxe R
在三个实验中，我们检查了跨越新群体边界的狭隘同理心（对群体内成员比对群体外成员有更多同理心），并测试我们是否可以通过简短的叙述描述来减轻狭隘同理心。在缺乏个性化信息的情况下，参与者一致表示，与竞争性外群体相比，他们对自己指定群体的成员有更多的同理心。然而，对群体内和群体外目标的个性化描述会干扰目标群体成员身份的编码，从而显着降低狭隘的同理心。最后，最有效地降低狭隘同理心的描述是那些描述目标心理状态的描述。这些结果支持了个性化信息在改善狭隘同理心方面的作用，提出了其作用机制，并表明强调目标心理状态的描述特别有效。
In three experiments, we examine parochial empathy (feeling more empathy for in-group than out-group members) across novel group boundaries, and test whether we can mitigate parochial empathy with brief narrative descriptions. In the absence of individuating information, participants consistently report more empathy for members of their own assigned group than a competitive out-group. However, individualized descriptions of in-group and out-group targets significantly reduce parochial empathy by interfering with encoding of targets’ group membership. Finally, the descriptions that most effectively decrease parochial empathy are those that describe targets’ mental states. These results support the role of individuating information in ameliorating parochial empathy, suggest a mechanism for their action, and show that descriptions emphasizing targets’ mental states are particularly effective.