The Thermometer of Social Relations: Mapping Social Proximity on Temperature
The Thermometer of Social Relations: Mapping Social Proximity on Temperature
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02434.x
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Semin, Gun R.
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作者：
IJzerman, Hans;Semin, Gun R.
“对某人抱以温暖的感情”和“对某人冷淡”表明了不同程度的社会接近。在这篇文章中，我们展示了温度的影响，超越了人们生活的这些隐喻。在三个实验中，与较冷的条件相比，较热的条件导致（a）更大的社会接近度，（B）使用更具体的语言，（c）更关注关系。不同的温度条件是通过给参与者提供热或冷的饮料（实验1）或将他们放置在舒适的温暖或寒冷的环境条件（实验2和3）。这些研究证实了扎根认知领域的最新发现，揭示了具体的经验与它们共同经历的抽象概念的基础。我们的研究表明，语言，感知和社会接近度之间存在系统的相互依赖关系：环境诱导的条件不仅会影响语言的使用，还会影响社会关系的感知和联系。
"Holding warm feelings toward someone" and "giving someone the cold shoulder" indicate different levels of social proximity. In this article, we show effects of temperature that go beyond these metaphors people live by. In three experiments, warmer conditions, compared with colder conditions, induced (a) greater social proximity, (b) use of more concrete language, and (c) a more relational focus. Different temperature conditions were created by either handing participants warm or cold beverages (Experiment 1) or placing them in comfortable warm or cold ambient conditions (Experiments 2 and 3). These studies corroborate recent findings in the field of grounded cognition revealing that concrete experiences ground abstract concepts with which they are coexperienced. Our studies show a systemic interdependence among language, perception, and social proximity: Environmentally induced conditions shape not only language use, but also the perception and construal of social relationships.