由于空间不稳定,与无辜受害者保持社会距离
Rael J Dawtry1, Mitchell J Callan2, Lucy H Waldren2
1Department of Psychology, University of Essex.
Journal of personality and social psychology
|March 2, 2026
概括
人们通过将他们放在更远的地方来象征性地远离不公正的无辜受害者. 这种社会距离与感知不公正和自我概念有关,影响我们如何感知公平和与他人相似.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 司法研究 司法研究
背景情况:
- 公正世界理论假设一种对公平的信念.
- 心理距离影响社会感知.
- 了解对不公正的反应对于社会凝聚力至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否认为不公正导致象征性的社会距离受害者.
- 探索这种疏远效应的机制和边界.
- 检查不公正与自我-其他关系的空间表示之间的相互关系.
主要方法:
- 在二维空间中使用空间布局任务进行了12项研究.
- 操纵感知不公正和受害者的结果.
- 评估了与受害者名字相对的自我代表位置.
- 测量了特征的中心性,受害者责怪和感知的不相似性.
主要成果:
- 参与者们象征性地与不公正结果的受害者保持距离.
- 疏远是独立于受害者责备,并由感知不公正和受害者无辜而驱动的.
- 空间距离与感知不相似性相关,并影响了对结果不公正的判断.
结论:
- 经历不公正会触发与受害者之间的象征性社会距离.
- 这种疏远反映了自我与他人 (不) 相似性的心理表现.
- 研究结果揭示了不公正,心理距离和社会感知之间的相互作用.
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