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10-03-2017 | Original Article

Contingency and contiguity of imitative behaviour affect social affiliation

Auteurs: David Dignath, Paul Lotze-Hermes, Harry Farmer, Roland Pfister

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2018

Abstract

Actions of others automatically prime similar responses in an agent’s behavioural repertoire. As a consequence, perceived or anticipated imitation facilitates own action control and, at the same time, imitation boosts social affiliation and rapport with others. It has previously been suggested that basic mechanisms of associative learning can account for behavioural effects of imitation, whereas a possible role of associative learning for affiliative processes is poorly understood at present. Therefore, this study examined whether contingency and contiguity, the principles of associative learning, affect also the social effects of imitation. Two experiments yielded evidence in favour of this hypothesis by showing more social affiliation in conditions with high contingency (as compared to low contingency) and in conditions of high contiguity (compared to low contiguity).

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Titel: Contingency and contiguity of imitative behaviour affect social affiliation
Auteurs: David Dignath
Paul Lotze-Hermes
Harry Farmer
Roland Pfister
Publicatiedatum: 10-03-2017
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0854-x

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