Disentangling the Sources of Mimicry: Social Relations Analyses of the Link Between Mimicry and Liking
| Autor: | Stefan C. Schmukle, Helén Liebermann, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Sascha Krause, Maike Salazar Kämpf, Steffen Nestler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Adult
Male round-robin design liking social relations model Adolescent Emotions open data 050109 social psychology social mimicry 050105 experimental psychology Interpersonal behavior Young Adult social chameleons Humans Interpersonal Relations 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Social Behavior General Psychology Motivation 05 social sciences metaliking Imitative Behavior Popularity Social relation open materials Facial Expression Mimicry Female Psychology Construct (philosophy) Social psychology |
| DOI: | 10.17605/osf.io/b4nvf |
| Popis: | Mimicry is an important interpersonal behavior for initiating and maintaining relationships. By observing the same participants ( N = 139) in multiple dyadic interactions (618 data points) in a round-robin design, we disentangled the extent to which mimicry is due to (a) the mimicker’s general tendency to mimic (imitativity), (b) the mimickee’s general tendency to evoke mimicry (imitatability), and (c) the unique dyadic relationship between the mimicker and the mimickee. We explored how these mimicry components affected liking and metaperceptions of liking (i.e., metaliking). Employing social relations models, we found substantial interindividual differences in imitativity, which predicted popularity. However, we found only small interindividual differences in imitatability. We found support for our proposition that mimicry is a substantially dyadic construct explained mostly by the unique relationship between two people. Finally, we explored the link between dyadic mimicry and liking, and we found that a person’s initial liking of his or her interaction partner led to mimicry, which in turn increased the partner’s liking of the mimicker. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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