This research examined the effect of perceived elaboration on the relationship between attitudes and prosocial behaviour. Study 1 revealed that group fusion was more predictive of pro-group behaviour (donation to in-group members) when perceived elaboration was high rather than low. In Study 2, attitudes toward helping were more likely to guide prosocial behaviour (helping others in a learning task) for participants who reported higher levels of perceived elaboration. Studies 3 and 4 manipulated perceptions of elaboration, demonstrating that attitudes guided subsequent hiring decisions (Study 3) and an actual behavioural choice in a natural setting (Study 4), and that this link was stronger for those participants induced to believe that they engaged in high (vs. low) elaboration. Furthermore, Studies 2 and 4 revealed that the effects of perceived elaboration on attitude-behaviour correspondence were mediated by attitude certainty. The present research reveals that prosocial behaviour can be facilitated by taking into consideration meta-cognitive processes that accompany evaluation (perceived elaboration and attitude certainty).

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态度和态度确定性指导亲社会行为作为感知阐述的函数

这项研究考察了感知的精心制作对态度和亲社会行为之间关系的影响。研究 1 表明，当感知的详细程度高而不是低时，群体融合更能预测亲群体的行为（向群体内成员捐款）。在研究 2 中，对于那些报告了更高水平的精心制作的参与者来说，帮助的态度更有可能指导亲社会行为（帮助他人完成学习任务）。研究 3 和 4 操纵了对精心制作的看法，表明态度指导了随后的招聘决定（研究 3）和自然环境中的实际行为选择（研究 4），并且对于那些被诱导相信他们从事高（vs.低）精细化。此外，研究 2 和 4 表明，感知详细说明对态度-行为对应的影响是由态度确定性调节的。目前的研究表明，通过考虑伴随评估的元认知过程（感知的阐述和态度确定性），可以促进亲社会行为。