当不平等导致无聊时:一项针对大学生进行的实验研究
Heleen E Raes1, Emily R Weiss1, McWelling Todman1
1Department of Clinical Psychology, The New School for Social Research, New York, NY, USA.
Psychological reports
|March 29, 2024
概括
社会不平等,特别是当一个人的努力与其他人相比被值时,导致厌烦增加和对时间的扭曲感知. 这项研究为不平等厌恶和无聊之间的联系提供了经验证据.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 社会不平等与无聊之间存在理论上的联系,但经验验证很少.
- 厌恶不公平,感觉自己的投资相对于其他人而言被不公平地值,是关键因素.
- 努力的感知值可能会导致个人认为他们的投资超过了结果的价值.
研究的目的:
- 实证地调查是否任务投资的值,相对于另一个人的投资等奖励,诱导无聊.
- 探索在努力中感知到的社会不平等与厌倦和时间感知的主观经验之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一项实验性研究,31名本科生和研究生被随机分配到三个条件.
- 参与者与同伴进行了一项单调的任务,获得同等的报酬,与同伴接触的时间不同.
- 测量包括自我报告的无聊 (Tedium) 和时间感知 (时间估计).
主要成果:
- 对于Tedium (F(2, 28) = 3.55,p = .04) 和时间估计 (F(2, 28) = 5.37,p = .01) 发现了显著的影响.
- 参与者花费更多的时间在任务比联盟报告明显更高的无聊 (Mdiff = -1.05,p = .05).
- 这些参与者也认为时间进展缓慢 (Mdiff = -1.26,p = .03).
结论:
- 由于单调任务期间的社会接触持续时间,对投资成本的看法不公平,增加了无聊.
- 这种看似不公平的现象加剧了投资损失的显著性,导致无聊和改变时间体验.
- 这些发现为社会不平等厌恶和无聊的经验之间的联系提供了经验支持.
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