Involvement in Role Playing as a Function of the Simulation Procedure and Levels of Imagination
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Imagination, Simulation ProcedureAbstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the proposition that different kinds of behavior simulation have a differential impact on
the psychological outcomes that they produce. It was hypothesized that mimetic-pretend behavior simulation would evoke more involvement among role players than mimetic-replication behavior simulation, and that a high level of imagination would facilitate involvement more than a low level of imagination. A 2 x 2 ( t w o levels of imagination Xx mimetic-pretend and mimetic-replication behavior simulations) factorial design was employed. A total of 36 subjects, high school females, participated in the study. The results showed that the mimetic-pretend groups were significantly more involved in their simulated tasks than the mimetic-replication groups. The level of the subjects' imagination played no significant role in their involvement. The implications of the results are discussed.
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