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Guéguen, N. (2013). Mimicry and honesty: people give more honest responses to their mimicker. International Journal of Psychological Research, 6(1), 53–57. https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.701
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Abstract
Mimicry is generally associated with a positive perception of the mimicker. Our hypothesis stated that participants would become more honest in their responses to a survey administered by a mimicking interviewer. Students were invited to participate in a survey on their ecological behavior. During the first part of the survey, the ‘experimental confederate’ either mimicked their interlocutor or did not. It was found that participants declared less ecological behavior in their everyday life in the mimicry condition than in the non-mimicry condition.
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Guéguen, N. (2009). Mimicry and Women Attractiveness: An Evaluation in a Courtship Context. Social Influence, 4(4), 249-255.
Guéguen, N. & Martin, A. (2009). Incidental similarity facilitates behavioural mimicry. Social Psychology, 40(2), 88-92.
Guéguen, N., Martin, A. & Meineri, S. (2011). Mimicry and Altruism: An evaluation of mimicry on explicit helping request. The Journal of Social Psychology, 151(1), 1-4.
Jacob, C., Guéguen, N., Martin, A. & Boulbry, G. (2011). Retail Salespeople’s Mimicry of Customers: Effects on Consumer Behavior. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 18(5), 381-388.
Kouzakova, M., Karremans, J. C., Van Baaren, R. B. & Van Knippenberg, A. (2010). A stranger's cold shoulder makes the heart grow fonder: Why not being mimicked by a stranger enhances longstanding relationship evaluations. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(1), 87-93.
Lakin, J. L. & Chartrand, T. L. (2003). Using nonconscious behavioral mimicry to create affiliation and rapport. Psychological Science, 14(4), 334-339.
Lakin, J. L., Jefferis, V. E., Cheng, C. M. & Chartrand, T. (2003). The chameleon effect as social glue: Evidence for the evolutionary significance of nonconscious mimicry. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 27(3), 145-162.
Girandola, F. & Weiss, K. (2010). Psychologie et développement durable. Paris: Editions In Press.
Knapp, M. L. (2008). Lying and deception in human interaction. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
LaFrance, M. (1979). Nonverbal synchrony and rapport: Analysis by the cross-lag panel technique. Social Psychology Quaterly, 42(1), 66-70.
Maddux, W. W., Mullen, E. E. & Galinsky, A. D. (2008). Chameleons bake bigger pies and take bigger pieces: Strategic behavioral mimicry facilitates negotiation outcomes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44(2), 461-468.
Maurer, R. E. & Tindall, J. H. (1983). Effects of postural congruence on client’s perception of counselor empathy. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 30(2), 158-163.
Tourangeau, R. & Yan, T. (2007). Sensitive questions in surveys. Psychological Bulletin, 133(5), 859- 883.
Van Baaren, R. B., Holland, R. W., Kawakami, K. & Van Knippenberg, A. (2004). Mimicry and prosocial behaviour. Psychological Science, 15(1), 71- 74.
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