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Van der Weiden, Anouk, Pril, Dirkje, Dittrich, Kerstin, Richter, Jasmin and Lammers, Joris ORCID: 0000-0002-2647-121X (2021). How vertical elevation affects self-other integration as measured by the joint Simon effect. Acta Psychol., 220. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1873-6297

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Abstract

Earlier findings suggest that positions of power decrease self-other integration and increase psychological distance to others. Until now, however, evidence for this relation rests exclusively on subjective measures. The current research instead employed a vertical joint Simon task to measure self-other integration. This task assesses the extent to which people represent their own actions in reference to their co-actor's, also referred to as the joint Simon effect. Building on cultural associations between power and vertical elevation, we manipulated whether participants were in an elevated (high-power) or lower (low-power) seating position. Experiments 1a and 1b reanalyzed existing datasets and found that elevated (vs. lower) seating position decreased the joint Simon effect, consistent with predictions. Experiment 2 provides a high-powered replication of this finding. Yet, further analyses revealed that feelings of power - measured as a manipulation check and indeed demonstrating that the manipulation was successful - did not mediate or moderate the effect of seating position on the joint Simon effect. Therefore, it is possible that the effect of seating elevation was driven through other aspects of that manipulation than feelings of power. We discuss these and suggest ways to test these alternative explanations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Van der Weiden, Anouk UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pril, Dirkje UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dittrich, Kerstin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Richter, Jasmin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lammers, Joris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-121X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-585725
DOI:	10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103404
Journal or Publication Title:	Acta Psychol.
Volume:	220
Date:	2021
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1873-6297
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ACTION CO-REPRESENTATION; PERSONAL-SPACE; POWER; ORIENTATION; HIERARCHY; HIGHNESS; DISTANCE; BEHAVIOR; PEOPLE; IMPACT Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/58572