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  • Social Psychology
  • Communication Studies

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  • Effective communication is crucial for societal and personal well-being.
  • Previous research has not fully explored how social interaction dynamics influence communication skill development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether interacting with multiple partners improves communication skills.
  • To determine if enhanced perspective-taking underlies this improvement.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Participants described figures to either a single partner or multiple partners sequentially, followed by an evaluation by naive listeners.
  • Experiment 2: Participants described figures to a single or multiple future participants, followed by a memory test assessing global detail recall.

Main Results:

  • Participants trained with multiple partners were better understood by listeners.
  • Participants who described figures to multiple future partners showed better recall of global details, indicating enhanced perspective-taking.

Conclusions:

  • Interacting with diverse communication partners fosters better communication skills.
  • The improvement in communication is linked to an increased tendency to adopt the addressee's perspective.
  • Social environments can actively shape communication behaviors that promote skill development.