Psychology 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Great American Interchange, Edward Glaeser, Jared Diamond
17 Mar 2016
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People who are more empathetic and who do better on theory of mind tasks are more susceptible to contagious yawning (morrison et al. ) Autistic children are not susceptible to contagious yawning (senju et al. : mimicry. Experiment 1: unconscious mimicry: confederate rubs his face or shakes his foot, the participant correspondingly rubs his face or shakes his foot. Experiment 2: confederates mimic the posture and movements of participants, mimicry facilitates the smoothness of interactions and increases liking between interaction partners. Experimenter mimics participant"s posture and movements during a 30 second interaction, or not. Drops 6 pens and records whether participant helps pick them up. New person drops pens 84% vs. non-mimicry 48% Donating to charity 76% vs. non-mimicry 43: where you vote and how you vote (berger et al. ) In 2000 general election, there was a ballot initiative to increase state sales tax to raise more money for education.
