Abstract
This study examines how language used by advice recipients and whether the peer apologized before offering advice affected advice outcomes. Participants wrote about a problem and then shared the problem through online chat with a peer (who was actually an experimental confederate). Although the participant was expecting the peer to share a problem as well and stated they did not want advice, the peer gave advice. Use of future tense verbs by the recipient in problem descriptions reduced implementation intention, perceived efficacy of advice, perceived approbation of advice, and perception of advice as confirming. This supports research that planning, operationalized through use of future tense verbs, reduces receptiveness to advice. Participants who used more I and we pronouns had lower intentions to implement advice. Contrary to hypotheses, use of apologies by the advisor for giving unwanted advice did not affect implementation intentions and increased reported negative emotions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 318-333 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Language and Social Psychology |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 1 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2020.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Social Psychology
- Education
- Language and Linguistics
- Anthropology
- Sociology and Political Science
- Linguistics and Language
Keywords
- advice
- apology
- future tense verbs
- LIWC
- planning
- unsolicited advice