Mimicry and honesty: people give more honest responses to their mimicker

Mimicry is generally associated with a positive perception of the mimicker. Our hypothesis stated that participants would become more honest in their responses to a survey administered by a mimicking interviewer. Students were invited to participate in a survey on their ecological behavior. During t...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Nicolas Guéguen
Format: article
Langue:EN
ES
Publié: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2013
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/de62ab58e0ce43a0aa8a4308d6fba904
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
Description
Résumé:Mimicry is generally associated with a positive perception of the mimicker. Our hypothesis stated that participants would become more honest in their responses to a survey administered by a mimicking interviewer. Students were invited to participate in a survey on their ecological behavior. During the first part of the survey, the ‘experimental confederate’ either mimicked their interlocutor or did not. It was found that participants declared less ecological behavior in their everyday life in the mimicry condition than in the non-mimicry condition.