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Steinmetz, Janina and Posten, Ann-Christin (2017). Physical temperature affects response behavior. J. Exp. Soc. Psychol., 70. S. 294 - 301. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1096-0465

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Abstract

Physical temperature can fundamentally affect psychological processes. Among other things, physical warmth typically fosters the motivation to affiliate. We argue that physical warmth can increase affirmative and acquiescent response behavior in psychological surveys and experiments as a result of such an affiliative motive. In Study 1, we find that participants give more biased answers in a memory test in warmer, compared to colder, environments. In Studies 2-3b, physical warmth fosters a response bias toward the affirmation of unrelated items in questionnaires. In Study 4, the effect of physical warmth on the affirmation bias is amplified when the person reading a participant's answers is a friend (stronger affiliation prime) compared to a stranger. Taken together, temperature affects general response behavior by fostering affirmation. Thereby, physical temperature has deeper psychological as well as methodological consequences than previously thought. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Steinmetz, Janina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Posten, Ann-Christin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-233601
DOI:	10.1016/j.jesp.2016.12.001
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Exp. Soc. Psychol.
Volume:	70
Page Range:	S. 294 - 301
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1096-0465
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL WARMTH; BIAS; ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONS; PROXIMITY; STYLES; CUES Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23360