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    “Show me how you move, I’ll tell you how well you bond”. An empirical investigation into the effect of physical exertion and synchrony on perceived entitativity.

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    2018
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    Gos, Caroline
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    Emerging evidence has linked movement synchrony to entitativity, the perception of a collection of individuals as a social unit. Moreover, physical exertion has been linked to greater group bonding in inter-group related tasks. The current study investigates two main hypotheses; the first hypothesis being that the higher the level of physical exertion in a movement, the higher ratings of entitativity will be. The second hypothesis is that synchronous movements will elicit higher ratings of entitativity compared to asynchronous movements. In a within-subjects study design, fifty-two participants viewed eight video clips of point-light figure dyads (four activities: Real Walk, March Walk, Hip Rotations, and Star Jumps in two movement conditions: Synchrony and Asynchrony). Participants then provided ratings on entitativity and exertion. Results suggested that levels of exertion predicted perceived entitativity. Likewise, a generally statistically significant difference in entitativity between synchrony and asynchrony was found. This study implicates exertion and synchrony as significant perceptual cues by which observers judge entitativity.
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