Collective synchrony increases prosociality towards non-performers and out-group members
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29/09/2016
31/12/1969
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Previous research has found that behavioural synchrony between people leads to greater prosocial tendencies towards co-performers. In this study we investigated the scope of this prosocial effect: does it extend beyond the performance group to an extended in-group (extended parochial prosociality) or even to other people in general (generalized prosociality)? Participants performed a simple rhythmic movement either in time (synchrony condition) or out of time (asynchrony condition) with each other. Before and during the rhythmic movement, participants were exposed to a prime that made salient an extended in-group identity. After the task, half the participants had the opportunity to help an extended in-group member; the other half had the opportunity to help an out-group member. We found a main effect of our synchrony manipulation across both help targets suggesting that the prosocial effects of synchrony extend to non-performers. Furthermore, there was a significantly higher proportion of participants willing to help an out-group member after moving collectively in synchrony. This study shows that under certain intergroup contexts synchrony can lead to generalized prosociality with performers displaying greater prosociality even towards out-group members. |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess |
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Reddish , P , Tong , E M W , Jong , J , Lanman , J A & Whitehouse , H 2016 , ' Collective synchrony increases prosociality towards non-performers and out-group members ' British Journal of Social Psychology . DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12165 |
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