joint action in psychology

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Joint action in psychology is a term for the ability of people to coordinate their actions with the actions of others in the same space-time context to produce a desired effect.

Example

In sports where partners work together like tennis and pickleball, each partner contributes a complementary action to the joint project of winning the match.

Researchers have used the Simon Effect task to study joint action by having one partner be responsible for correctly pressing one of the two buttons and the other partner responsible for the other button. In such cases, a Joint Simon Effect is evident.

Dolk et al. (2014) reviewed several studies and noted the important role of social factors influencing the joint social effect.

Reference

Dolk, T., Hommel, B., Colzato, L. S., Schütz-Bosbach, S., Prinz, W., & Liepelt, R. (2014). The joint Simon effect: a review and theoretical integration. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 974. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00974

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