Treating Thoughts as Material Objects Can Increase or Decrease Their Impact on Evaluation
Treating Thoughts as Material Objects Can Increase or Decrease Their Impact on Evaluation
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797612449176
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Horcajo, Javier
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作者：
Brinol, Pablo;Gasco, Margarita;Horcajo, Javier
在西方二元论文化中，人们认为思想不能被视为物质对象；然而，语言中充满了隐喻类比，暗示着相反的情况。在这里报告的研究中，我们检验了客观化的想法是否会影响这些想法是否被用于随后的评估。在实验1中，参与者写下他们喜欢或不喜欢自己身体的地方。然后，他们写下想法的纸要么被撕掉扔进垃圾桶，要么被保留下来检查错误。当参与者在身体上抛弃了他们思想的表征时，他们在精神上也抛弃了它们，与那些保留思想表征的参与者相比，他们在形成判断时较少使用它们。实验2重复了这一发现，并且还表明，当人们把自己的想法放在一个安全的地方——把它们放在口袋里——时，他们比把它们扔掉时更依赖自己的想法。最后的一项研究表明，当动作是实际进行的，而不是仅仅想象时，这些效果会更强。
In Western dualistic culture, it is assumed that thoughts cannot be treated as material objects; however, language is replete with metaphorical analogies suggesting otherwise. In the research reported here, we examined whether objectifying thoughts can influence whether the thoughts are used in subsequent evaluations. In Experiment 1, participants wrote about what they either liked or disliked about their bodies. Then, the paper on which they wrote their thoughts was either ripped up and tossed in the trash or kept and checked for errors. When participants physically discarded a representation of their thoughts, they mentally discarded them as well, using them less in forming judgments than did participants who retained a representation of their thoughts. Experiment 2 replicated this finding and also showed that people relied on their thoughts more when they physically kept them in a safe place-putting their thoughts in their pockets-than when they discarded them. A final study revealed that these effects were stronger when the action was performed physically rather than merely imagined.