I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?

Moving in time together has been shown to cultivate pro-social effects in co-actors, such as cooperation and helping. But less is known about who these effects apply to – whether they are restricted only to co-actors, or whether they generalize to those not involved in the coordination. One differe...

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Main Authors: Cross, L. *, Wilson, A. D, Golonka, S.
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Wilson, A. D
Golonka, S.
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description Moving in time together has been shown to cultivate pro-social effects in co-actors, such as cooperation and helping. But less is known about who these effects apply to – whether they are restricted only to co-actors, or whether they generalize to those not involved in the coordination. One difference between past work finding generalized vs. restricted effects is whether these “outsiders” were present for the coordination or not. The present study explores whether the pro-social effects of coordination are seen towards observers as well as co-actors, and whether the absence or presence of observers during the coordination is a determining factor. Results show that greater cooperation following coordination is only seen amongst co- actors, regardless of whether the observers were present during the task or not. Findings are discussed in the context of the literature and alternative explanations for research showing generalized effects are suggested.
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spelling sunway-10782019-07-31T07:42:07Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1078/ I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors? Cross, L. * Wilson, A. D Golonka, S. BF Psychology Moving in time together has been shown to cultivate pro-social effects in co-actors, such as cooperation and helping. But less is known about who these effects apply to – whether they are restricted only to co-actors, or whether they generalize to those not involved in the coordination. One difference between past work finding generalized vs. restricted effects is whether these “outsiders” were present for the coordination or not. The present study explores whether the pro-social effects of coordination are seen towards observers as well as co-actors, and whether the absence or presence of observers during the coordination is a determining factor. Results show that greater cooperation following coordination is only seen amongst co- actors, regardless of whether the observers were present during the task or not. Findings are discussed in the context of the literature and alternative explanations for research showing generalized effects are suggested. Taylor & Francis 2019-05-14 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1078/1/Liam%20Cross%20I%20ll%20just%20watch%20Do%20the%20pro%20social%20effects%20of%20coordination%20really%20generalize%20to%20non%20actors.pdf Cross, L. * and Wilson, A. D and Golonka, S. (2019) I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors? The Journal of Social Psychology. pp. 1-15. ISSN 0022-4545 (In Press) http://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2019.1623161 doi:10.1080/00224545.2019.1623161
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Cross, L. *
Wilson, A. D
Golonka, S.
I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
title I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
title_full I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
title_fullStr I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
title_full_unstemmed I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
title_short I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
title_sort i’ll just watch: do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
topic BF Psychology
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