Temperature perceptions as a ground for social proximity

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• 作者：Hans IJzerman ; Gü ; n R. Semin
• 关键词：Embodiment ; Social cognition ; Interpersonal relations ; Warmth
• 刊名：Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：November 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：46
• 期：6
• 页码：867-873
• 全文大小：219 K

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Literature in interpersonal relations has described the sense of intimacy towards others in terms of physical closeness and warmth. Research suggests that these descriptions should be taken literally. Past work (IJzerman & Semin, 2009) revealed that temperature alterations affect the construal of social relations. Lakoff and Johnson (1999) suggest that such findings are unidirectional. However, recent research indicates that the recollection of social exclusion induces perceptions of lower temperature (Zhong & Leonardelli, 2008). In this work, we elaborate on these findings to provide new insights into processes central to interpersonal relations. In the current report, we hypothesized and found that a) actual physically induced experiences of proximity induce perceptions of higher temperature. Moreover, we show that b) verbally induced social proximity