ロールプレイ体験がマインドリーディングの活性化に及ぼす効果

[タイトル]
ロールプレイ体験がマインドリーディングの活性化に及ぼす効果

[著者]
古見　文一、子安　増生

[掲載]
心理学研究, Vol.83, No.1, pp.18-26, 2012.

[アブストラクト]
This study invesitgated the development of "mindleading" in young adults. Forty university students were divided into two groups(role-play group and no-role-play group). Then they participated in perspective-taking task in which the use of mindleading is essential. The participants viewd a computer display of eight familiar objects in different compartments of a wall divider with four rows of four compartments. Some of the compartments were open to see through, while others had back panels and thus which, if any, objects was ppresent could only be seen from the participant's side. They were instructed to touch the display corresponding to an objec in a compartment in accord with the instructions of a "manager" who stood behind the divider and thus could not see into all of the compartments. The no-role-play group made more error than role-play group, and took longer to respond. The effects of role play lasted during five successive task blocks. These results suggest that experience with role play activates mindleading in this perspective-taking task.

[キーワード]
Role play, perspective taking, theory of mind, reaction time, mindreading.

[要約・感想]
要するに、ロールプレイとして、「指示を出す側に回って、相手が自分の指示に対して誤った行動を取る」というシチュエーションを経験することによって、自分が指示を受けて動くときに誤った行動を取ることが抑制される、あるいは、よりスムーズに指示情報の理解できるようになる、ということ。それを心理実験で確認したという話。

コミュニケーションに関する知見の一つだな。
ロールプレイを使うことによって相手の視点や相手の置かれている状況を理解するという方法についての実証的研究といえる。