At have formelt tøj på kan øge abstrakt tænkning ved at påvirke kognitive processer. Fem studier viste, at formelt tøj var forbundet med højere handlingsidentifikation og større kategoriinklusion. Det at tage formelt tøj på øgede kategoriinklusion og forbedrede global bearbejdning. Effekten blev medieret af en følelse af magt. Resultaterne viser, at hverdagsoplevelser som påklædning påvirker kognition og ændrer, hvordan vi opfatter objekter, mennesker og begivenheder.
Titel på undersøgelse:
The Cognitive Consequences of Formal Clothing.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
Drawing from literature on construal-level theory and the psychological consequences of clothing, the current work tested whether wearing formal clothing enhances abstract cognitive processing. Five studies provided evidence supporting this hypothesis. Wearing more formal clothing was associated with higher action identification level (Study 1) and greater category inclusiveness (Study 2). Putting on formal clothing induced greater category inclusiveness (Study 3) and enhanced a global processing advantage (Study 4). The association between clothing formality and abstract processing was mediated by felt power (Study 5). The findings demonstrate that the nature of an everyday and ecologically valid experience, the clothing worn, influences cognition broadly, impacting the processing style that changes how objects, people, and events are construed.