Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal Environment
The effects of drawing circles and squares on personality judgments in a metaphor-consistent manner, the round-warm and square-competent associations were investigated. We conducted a study in which participants drew as many circles or squares as possible and responded to a questionnaire assessing t...
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doaj-340189e1d7e44942bff625fe4d71730b2020-11-25T02:38:49ZbulPsychOpenPsychological Thought2193-72812018-10-0111210611110.5964/psyct.v11i2.290psyct.v11i2.290Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal EnvironmentYasuto Okamura0Mitsuhiro Ura1Graduate School of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University, Osaka, JapanDepartment of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University, Osaka, JapanThe effects of drawing circles and squares on personality judgments in a metaphor-consistent manner, the round-warm and square-competent associations were investigated. We conducted a study in which participants drew as many circles or squares as possible and responded to a questionnaire assessing their interpersonal environment. Results showed that participants in the round condition responded that there were significantly more warm people around them than those in the square condition, and those in the square condition responded that there were significantly more competent and rigorous people around them than those in the round condition. These findings confirmed the metaphor-consistent effect of shapes on social perceptions.http://psyct.psychopen.eu/article/view/290shapes and personalitiesmetaphorembodied cognition |
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Yasuto Okamura Mitsuhiro Ura Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal Environment Psychological Thought shapes and personalities metaphor embodied cognition |
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Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal Environment |
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Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal Environment |
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Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal Environment |
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Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal Environment |
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Draw Squares, and You Will Discover That Many Competent and Rigorous People Are Around You: Shape Priming Influences Impressions Regarding the Interpersonal Environment |
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draw squares, and you will discover that many competent and rigorous people are around you: shape priming influences impressions regarding the interpersonal environment |
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Psychological Thought |
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The effects of drawing circles and squares on personality judgments in a metaphor-consistent manner, the round-warm and square-competent associations were investigated. We conducted a study in which participants drew as many circles or squares as possible and responded to a questionnaire assessing their interpersonal environment. Results showed that participants in the round condition responded that there were significantly more warm people around them than those in the square condition, and those in the square condition responded that there were significantly more competent and rigorous people around them than those in the round condition. These findings confirmed the metaphor-consistent effect of shapes on social perceptions. |
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shapes and personalities metaphor embodied cognition |
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http://psyct.psychopen.eu/article/view/290 |
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