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The Synchrony-Prosociality Link Cannot Be Explained Away as Expectancy Effect : Response to Atwood et al. (2023)

Tunçgenç, B., Bamford, J. S., Fawcett, C., & Cohen, E. (2023). The Synchrony-Prosociality Link Cannot Be Explained Away as Expectancy Effect : Response to Atwood et al.. Open Mind, 7, 711-714. https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi_a_00103

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Silberstein-Bamford, Joshua

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Tunçgenç, Bahar; Bamford, Joshua S.; Fawcett, Christine; Cohen, Emma

Lehti tai sarja: Open Mind

ISSN: 2470-2986

eISSN: 2470-2986

Julkaisuvuosi: 2023

Ilmestymispäivä: 20.09.2023

Volyymi: 7

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 711-714

Kustantaja: MIT Press

Julkaisumaa: Yhdysvallat (USA)

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi_a_00103

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Kokonaan avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/89524

Tiivistelmä

Moving in time to others, as is often observed in dance, music, sports and much of children’s play cross-culturally, is thought to make people feel and act more prosocially towards each other. In a recent paper, Atwood et al. (2022) argued that the inferential validity of this link found between synchronous behaviour and prosociality might be mainly due to “expectancy effects generated by a combination of (1) experimenter expectancy, leading to experimenter bias; and (2) participant expectancy (i.e., placebo effects)”. Here, we counter these arguments with (1) examples of studies devoid of experimenter expectancy effects that nevertheless demonstrate a positive link between synchrony and prosociality, and (2) insights from the developmental literature that address participant expectancy by showing how expectations formed through lived experiences of synchronous interactions do not necessarily threaten inferential validity. In conclusion, there is already sufficient good-quality evidence showing the positive effects of synchronous behaviours on prosociality beyond what can be explained by experimenter or participant expectation effects.

YSO-asiasanat: liike; synkronointi; prososiaalisuus; sosiaalinen vuorovaikutus; odotukset; plasebo; kehityspsykologia

Vapaat asiasanat: synchrony; prosociality; expectancy; experimenter bias; placebo effects; development; social interactions

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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2023