The spillover effect of mimicry: Being mimicked by one person increases prosocial behavior toward another person

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dc.abstract.enPeople have the automatic tendency to mimic their interaction partners. Mimicry theories propose that such mimicking behavior is beneficial for the mimicker as mimicked persons tend to like, trust and help the mimicker more. Yet an open question remains as to whether prosocial effects translate to parties other than the mimicker. To test for the presence of such a spillover effect, we ran two field experiments (total N = 460). In all experiments, participants interacted with an experimenter. The experimenter either verbally mimicked the participants or behaved naturally. Afterwards, either the experimenter or another person asked participants to donate to a charity. Across all experiments, our results indicate that irrespective of whether a donation request is made by the mimicker or another person, mimicry increases the likelihood to donate to a charity, but not the amount that participants are willing to donate. Bayesian analyses suggest that this effect is less strongly pronounced than assumed by previous research and theories.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorMuniak, Paweł
dc.contributor.authorGenschow, Oliver
dc.contributor.authorDoliński, Dariusz
dc.contributor.authorGrzyb, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorKulesza, Wojciech
dc.date.access2026-04-16
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-29T07:02:43Z
dc.date.available2024-04-29T07:02:43Z
dc.date.created2024-04-16
dc.date.issued2024-04-26
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dc.description.grantnumber2019/35/O/HS6/00420
dc.description.grantnumberPPN/STA/2021/1/00046/U/00001
dc.description.granttitleWpływ koordynacji interpersonalnej na efekt ekstrapolacji. Zrozumienie rozprzestrzeniania się skutków naśladownictwa
dc.description.granttitleNAWA Preludium Bis 1 grant, granted to Paweł Muniak
dc.description.physical1-65
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume113
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104620
dc.identifier.eissn1096-0465
dc.identifier.issn0022-1031
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/650
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103124000325?dgcid=rss_sd_all
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.explanationCzasopismo Journal of Experimental Social Psychology pozwala na deponowanie wersji AAM (Author's Accepted Manuscript) po upływie okresu embargo, które wynosi 24 miesiące.
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dc.subject.enverbal mimicry
dc.subject.ennonverbal mimicry
dc.subject.enimitation
dc.subject.enthe chameleon effect
dc.subject.enspillover effect of mimicry
dc.subject.enprosocial behavior
dc.subject.encharity donation
dc.subject.enfield study
dc.subject.ensocial influence
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dc.titleThe spillover effect of mimicry: Being mimicked by one person increases prosocial behavior toward another person
dc.title.journalJournal of Experimental Social Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle