Social psychologists have long been intrigued by what they call automatic behavior–the ways people react to stimuli without consciously thinking about their actions.
長期以來,社會心理學家一直對"無意識行為"十分感興趣,這是人們面臨刺激時產生的下意識的反應。
All Hot And Bothered
煩躁不安
In fact, it seems that most people can be unconsciously influenced to behave in certain ways.
其實,大部分人都會下意識做出某種特定的行為。

For example, in one experiment, participants were told to unscramble sentences using words such as “bother”, “disturb”, and “obnoxious.”
例如,在一項實驗中,參與者被要求用“煩擾”,“打攪”和“可惡”等詞來整理句子。
When they completed the task, these participants were more likely to act rudely than participants who were given words such as “patient” and “appreciate.”
任務結束后,這些參與者的舉止比用“耐心”和“贊賞”等詞匯整理語句的參與者更容易粗魯。
But wait, things get even more interesting.
等一下。事情越來越有趣了。
After being asked to unscramble sentences using words such as “old, ancient, Florida, and retired,”
實驗要求參與者用“老年,古老的,佛羅里達,退休”等詞整理句子,
participants tended to walk more slowly when leaving the experiment, even though slowness was not mentioned.
當他們離開實驗室時,他們更傾向于減慢步伐,雖然實驗中并未出現“緩慢”一詞。