The present research examines how warmth communications shape class-based patterns of political candidate support. Drawing on theory and evidence that lower-class individuals are more attuned to others, we predicted that, relative to upper-class individuals, they will modulate their trust and support in response to communications of warmth generated by and about political figures. In Experiment 1, lower-class compared to upper-class participants reported less trust and support for a political candidate who communicated his warmth in a campaign video, while no class differences emerged when he communicated competence or hostility to an opponent instead. In Experiment 2, lower-class compared to upper-class participants reported greater trust and support for a political figure whose warmth was communicated by a lower-class member, but no class difference emerged when the same communication was by an upper-class member. Implications for eliciting trust through warmth communication in cross-class interactions ...

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人际关系温暖的判断预测政治候选人支持的阶级差异

本研究调查了热情交流如何塑造基于阶级的政治候选人支持模式。借助理论和证据，即下层阶级的人与他人更加融洽，我们预测，相对于上层阶级的人，他们将根据政治人物及其周围产生的热情交流来调节他们的信任和支持。在实验1中，与上层阶级参与者相比，下层阶级参与者对竞选视频中传达自己热情的政治候选人的信任和支持较少，而当他向对手传达能力或敌意时，却没有阶级差异。在实验2中，与上层参与者相比，下层参与者报告了对政治人物的信任和支持，该政治人物的热情由下层成员传达，但是当上位成员进行相同的交流时，没有出现阶级差异。通过跨类交互中的热烈交流来激发信任的含义...