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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 497-517 |
| Journal | Journal of Language and Social Psychology |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | Oct 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
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How Do Friends and Strangers Play the Game Taboo? A Study of Accuracy, Efficiency, Motivation, and the Use of Shared Knowledge. / Pollmann, Monique M. H.; Krahmer, Emiel J.
In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2018, p. 497-517.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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T1 - How Do Friends and Strangers Play the Game Taboo? A Study of Accuracy, Efficiency, Motivation, and the Use of Shared Knowledge
AU - Pollmann, Monique M. H.
AU - Krahmer, Emiel J.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - According to common belief, friends communicate more accurately and efficiently than strangers, because they can use uniquely shared knowledge and common knowledge to explain things to each other, while strangers are restricted to common knowledge. To test this belief, we asked friends and strangers to play, via e-mail and face-to-face, the word-description game Taboo, in which objects need to be described without using certain “taboo” words. When descriptions were sent via e-mail, there was no difference in accuracy (number of correct answers) nor in efficiency (number of words per correct answer) between friends and strangers. When descriptions were given face-to-face, friends were more accurate than strangers, but not more efficient (number of seconds and words per correct answer). Shared knowledge did not predict accuracy or efficiency. Hence, our findings do not support the idea that friends only need a few words to understand each other.
AB - According to common belief, friends communicate more accurately and efficiently than strangers, because they can use uniquely shared knowledge and common knowledge to explain things to each other, while strangers are restricted to common knowledge. To test this belief, we asked friends and strangers to play, via e-mail and face-to-face, the word-description game Taboo, in which objects need to be described without using certain “taboo” words. When descriptions were sent via e-mail, there was no difference in accuracy (number of correct answers) nor in efficiency (number of words per correct answer) between friends and strangers. When descriptions were given face-to-face, friends were more accurate than strangers, but not more efficient (number of seconds and words per correct answer). Shared knowledge did not predict accuracy or efficiency. Hence, our findings do not support the idea that friends only need a few words to understand each other.
U2 - 10.1177/0261927X17736084
DO - 10.1177/0261927X17736084
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 497
EP - 517
JO - Journal of Language and Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Language and Social Psychology
SN - 0261-927X
IS - 4
ER -