WhyThe reason they did this experiment is because they wanted to know if people automatically copied each other even if they are strangers and whether or not it increased their likeability
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What“Imitation is the best form of flattery”
The Chameleon Effect is when the mind unconsciously mimics things like behavior, posture, facial expression and mannerisms of someone else in their social environment. When & WhereIn 1999 two professors of Psychology at New York experimented and named it.
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WhoJohn A. Bargh contributed with experimenting and naming the Chameleon Effect. He was born On January 9th, 1955 in Illinois. And he is a social psychologist, a professor at Yale University. He is best known for Perception-Behavior Link, Goal-Activation, and Unconscious Processing. He has won many awards, including American Psychology Association Early Career Award for contributions to psychology in 1989 and Society for Experimental Social Psychology Scientific Impact Award in 2007.
Tanya L Chartrand also contributed with experimenting and naming the Chameleon Effect. She has a PhD in Social Psychology. She is a professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. She focuses on non-conscious processes influencing cognition, emotion, and behavior. |
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VocabularyBorderline Personality Disorder (BPD)- Mental disorder characterized by unstable behavior, moods and relationships; one of the hardest parts of BPD is having the chameleon effect.
Social Psychology- dealing with social interactions Conformity- changing behavior in order to coincide with group standards Attitude- feeling and belief that shapes the way someone responds to other people and things. |
MnenomicsC-coping
H-how A-another M-mimics E-expressions L-like E-each O-others N-natural traits |
Videos
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I put this video because it looks like it is an actually real example of how the chameleon effect works. Because she was standing there looking up at the ceiling (when there was probably nothing) the person walking by did the same thing.
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I know this video is quite cheesy, but it is not a bad example of ways the chameleon effect works.
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