I had heard before: warm is near: ‘Holding warm feelings toward someone’’ and ‘‘giving someone the cold shoulder’’ indicate different levels of social proximity. In this article, we show effects of temperature that go beyond these metaphors people live by. In three experiments, warmer conditions, compared with colder conditions, induced (a) greater social proximity, (b) use of more concrete language, and (c) a more relational focus. Different temperature conditions were created by either handing participants warm or cold beverages (Experiment 1) or placing them in comfortable warm or cold ambient conditions (Experiments 2 and 3). (
Strange, I would have thought the opposite. Far mode is associated with more chunking in memory, more assimilation toward a reference point, and more idealistic views. It just seems more relation-y, at least in regard to nonsocial tasks like the one this experiment used. Colour me confused.
Strange, I would have thought the opposite. Far mode is associated with more chunking in memory, more assimilation toward a reference point, and more idealistic views. It just seems more relation-y, at least in regard to nonsocial tasks like the one this experiment used. Colour me confused.