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© Experimental Psychology Society 2021. When presented with voices, we make rapid, automatic judgements of social traits such as trustworthiness—and such judgements are highly consistent across listeners. However, it remains unclear whether voice-based first impressions actually influence behaviour towards a voice’s owner, and—if they do—whether and how they interact over time with the voice owner’s observed actions to further influence the listener’s behaviour. This study used an investment game paradigm to investigate (1) whether voices judged to differ in relevant social traits accrued different levels of investment and/or (2) whether first impressions of the voices interacted with the behaviour of their apparent owners to influence investments over time. Results show that participants were responding to their partner’s behaviour. Crucially, however, there were no effects of voice. These findings suggest that, at least under some conditions, social traits perceived from the voice alone may not influence trusting behaviours in the context of a virtual interaction.
Author(s): Knight S, Lavan N, Torre I, McGettigan C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Year: 2021
Volume: 74
Issue: 10
Pages: 1747-1754
Print publication date: 01/10/2021
Online publication date: 30/03/2021
Acceptance date: 09/03/2021
Date deposited: 04/12/2024
ISSN (print): 1747-0218
ISSN (electronic): 1747-0226
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211010144
DOI: 10.1177/17470218211010144
PubMed id: 33783278
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