Shared Experiences Are Amplified
Shared Experiences Are Amplified
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797614551162
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Bargh, John A.
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作者：
Boothby, Erica J.;Clark, Margaret S.;Bargh, John A.
在两项研究中，我们发现，与另一个人分享一种经历，而不进行交流，会放大一个人的经历。无论是愉快的还是不愉快的经历，在分享时都会更加强烈。在研究1中，参与者品尝了令人愉快的巧克力。他们认为，当他们与另一个人同时品尝巧克力时，比当另一个人在场但从事不同的活动时，巧克力更可爱，更美味。虽然这些结果与我们的假设一致，即与非共享经验相比，共享经验被放大，但也可能是共享经验总体上更令人愉快。我们设计了研究2来区分这两种解释。在这项研究中，参与者品尝了令人不快的苦巧克力，并认为当他们与另一个人同时品尝时，比当另一个人在场但做其他事情时更不讨人喜欢。这些结果支持放大假说。
In two studies, we found that sharing an experience with another person, without communicating, amplifies one's experience. Both pleasant and unpleasant experiences were more intense when shared. In Study 1, participants tasted pleasant chocolate. They judged the chocolate to be more likeable and flavorful when they tasted it at the same time that another person did than when that other person was present but engaged in a different activity. Although these results were consistent with our hypothesis that shared experiences are amplified compared with unshared experiences, it could also be the case that shared experiences are more enjoyable in general. We designed Study 2 to distinguish between these two explanations. In this study, participants tasted unpleasantly bitter chocolate and judged it to be less likeable when they tasted it simultaneously with another person than when that other person was present but doing something else. These results support the amplification hypothesis.