The Risk of Polite Misunderstandings
The Risk of Polite Misunderstandings
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礼貌误解的风险
DOI:
10.1177/0963721411418472
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Wim De Neys
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作者:
Jean‐François Bonnefon;A. Feeney;Wim De Neys
We review evidence showing that politeness taxes mental resources and creates confusion about what is truly meant during interactions. While this confusion can be useful in low-stakes situations, it can have negative, even dangerous consequences in high-stakes situations such as flying a plane in an emergency or helping a patient decide on a course of treatment. Unfortunately, high-stakes situations are especially conducive to politeness-based misunderstandings. Although policies that discourage politeness in high-stakes situations are undergoing empirical assessment, we suggest that research is needed on the nonverbal cues that help people disambiguate polite statements.