Psychology: Techniques and Application

Psychology: Techniques and Application ›› 2017, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (2): 115-125.doi: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2017.02.007

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The Secrets behind ‘Sweet Guy’：Concepts, Theories and Consequences of Psychological Warmth

WANG Xiaotian1; DUAN Jinyun1; FANG Junyan2   

  1. (1 Department of Psychology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China)(2 School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China)
  • Online:2017-02-01 Published:2017-02-01

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Abstract: Psychological warmth is a vital concept in the area of social cognition. The present study has proved that there are shared neural mechanisms underlying psychological warmth and physical warmth. Besides, psychological warmth and physical warmth influence each other, and the connections of them can be illustrated by Conceptual Metaphor Theory. Warmth and competence are now considered to be the two fundamental dimensions of social cognition. Based on this model, abundant studies indicated that the four combinations of high versus low warmth and competence judgments could elicit different emotional and behavioral responses. In addition, psychological warmth has its unique effect in organizations and it often interacts with other organizational variables. The further study can focus on following points: (1) paying attention to the intercultural implications; (2) trying to break away from warmthcompetence model; (3) exploring other factors; (4) opening up research on effects between psychological warmth and its opposite; (5) deepening research of psychological warmth from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience and (6) reinforcing research of psychological warmths function in organization situations.

Key words: psychological warmth, physical warmth, metaphor, warmth, competence

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