Irene Razpurker‐apfeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 4513997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irene Razpurker‐apfeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Razpurker‐apfeld |
| SIGNATURE | APFELD I R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Zefat Academic College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9158-4915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sweet love, bitter breakup: Exploring the impact of food intake on identification with media characters
Previous research has documented the effects of media engagement on food consumption. In this study, we explore the reverse effects of eating food of different tastes on engagement with media characters. Based on the similarity-identification hypothesis and on embodied cognition theories we expected that a sweet taste would increase identification with a protagonist in love, while a bitter taste would enhance identification with a heartbroken pro…
Seeing and thinking groups: Embodied foundations of perceptual and social structuring
The processes of perceptual organization and social categorization share the goal of simplifying and structuring the world, though they have traditionally been studied within separate branches of psychology. Drawing on embodied cognition, this perspective suggests that both processes stem from bodily experiences. Early sensorimotor experiences, such as being held in proximity or rocked in synchrony, may have shaped the principles of perceptual or…
Sensing the media character: The experience of parasocial interaction, but not identification, as a real physical occurrence
Concreteness and Abstractness as Causes and Effects of Identification with Media Characters
We explored new antecedents and consequences of identification with media characters that are related to concreteness or abstractness of representations. First, we examined how the portrayal of the protagonist’s behavior affects the reader’s identification with her. Participants read one of four narratives in which we manipulated the character’s usual behavior (abstract traits) and her behavior on a specific bad day (concrete states). As expected…
Masked distress: The mediated effects of face masks on physical and emotional suffocation
This study explores the effects of bodily states on emotions based on embodied cognition theories of conceptual metaphor and feelings‐as‐information theory. Specifically, it investigates how physical suffocation induced by mask‐wearing affects perceptions of emotional suffocation related to one's romantic relationship and financial situation. In this quantitative online experiment, we employed a convenience sampling method through a crowdsourcing…
Children's bias beyond group boundaries: Perceived differences, outgroup attitudes and prosocial behaviour
This study explored how children's perceptions of social group differences relate to attitudes and behaviour towards real‐world outgroups. We examined Arab‐Christian children living in Israel ( N = 231, 52% female, average age 9.8 years) and randomly presented them with either Arab‐Muslim or Jewish outgroup targets. The children performed tasks measuring attitudes and prosocial behaviour towards the outgroup. Additionally, they were asked to desc…
Understanding intergroup conflict: How do children in a divided society perceive group differences
Outgroup perceptions are a fundamental element of social categorization, particularly in contexts of intergroup conflict. Social Identity Development Theory argues that perceived differences between groups is the first step in ethnic identity development. This understanding of social categories among children may have implications for negative intergroup attitudes or even prejudice. Our study explores how Jews (N=180) and Arab-Muslims (N=207) in …
Out-group prosocial giving during childhood: The role of in-group preference and out-group attitudes in a divided society
Amid protracted conflict, children are raised in divided contexts that shape the development of their intergroup attitudes and behaviors. Social identity development theory (SIDT) suggests that in-group preference may contribute to more negative out-group attitudes and behaviors in middle childhood. In such contexts, in-group favoritism may shape resource distribution, a key indicator of prosocial behavior. This study examined the predictors of r…
When the physical coldness in the viewer's environment leads to identification with a suffering protagonist
Based on theories of narrative engagement and embodied cognition, we hypothesised that a fit between the psychological state of a protagonist and the physical sensation of the viewer would enhance the subsequent identification with the protagonist, but not para‐social relationship with him (seeing the protagonist as a friend). We also hypothesised that identification and a para‐social relationship would lead to distinct effects on attitudes relat…
Embodied Cognition and Media Engagement: When the Loneliness of the Protagonist Makes the Reader Sense Coldness (and Vice Versa)
Embodied cognition research documents the interplay between physical sensations and corresponding psychological experiences within the individual. Accordingly, physical warmth leads to a sense of social inclusion, and being socially rejected leads to physical coldness. In the current research, we demonstrate that these embodied cognition relationships also apply to a media consumer and a media character with whom the consumer identifies. In Study…
Imagined contact with strongly identified outgroup members: Do religious trappings make the man
This research examined the interactive effects of imagined contact and the characteristics of the imagined person on intergroup anxiety and prejudice, among two groups in Israel: Jewish majority and Arab‐Muslim minority. In total, 128 Jewish and 128 Arab‐Muslim participants were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions. They were exposed to an outgroup person wearing either casual clothing or religious‐ethnic trappings. Then they …
Investigating Stereotypes Among Minority Group Members in Israel: The Role of Ingroup and Outgroup Symbols
This research examined the influence of exposure to ingroup and outgroup concepts on stereotypes of minority members toward the majority. Arab participants were primed by concepts representing group affiliation content (Jewish concepts or Arab concepts), and then their stereotypes toward Jewish people were examined. It was found that priming group concepts had differential effects on Arab minority subgroups, where the Muslim group revealed more n…
Exposure to religious outgroup symbols and intergroup anxiety in Israel
Israel is often at the centre of debate regarding religious diversity. We examined how exposure to religious symbols is associated with intergroup anxiety perceived from the Jewish majority among Arab minority groups. We found that outgroup and ingroup priming had different consequences for the two Arab groups: when primed with outgroup Jewish concepts, Arab-Muslim persons reported higher intergroup anxiety than Arab-Christian participants. Howev…
Religious Primes and Threat-Perceptions as Predictors of Attitudes toward Muslims in Israel
Understanding intergroup conflict: How do children in a divided society perceive group differences
Outgroup perceptions are a fundamental element of social categorization, particularly in contexts of intergroup conflict. Social Identity Development Theory argues that perceived differences between groups is the first step in ethnic identity development. This understanding of social categories among children may have implications for negative intergroup attitudes or even prejudice. Our study explores how Jews (N=180) and Arab-Muslims (N=207) in …
Imagined contact with strongly identified outgroup members: Do religious trappings make the man
This research examined the interactive effects of imagined contact and the characteristics of the imagined person on intergroup anxiety and prejudice, among two groups in Israel: Jewish majority and Arab‐Muslim minority. In total, 128 Jewish and 128 Arab‐Muslim participants were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions. They were exposed to an outgroup person wearing either casual clothing or religious‐ethnic trappings. Then they …
Investigating Stereotypes Among Minority Group Members in Israel: The Role of Ingroup and Outgroup Symbols
This research examined the influence of exposure to ingroup and outgroup concepts on stereotypes of minority members toward the majority. Arab participants were primed by concepts representing group affiliation content (Jewish concepts or Arab concepts), and then their stereotypes toward Jewish people were examined. It was found that priming group concepts had differential effects on Arab minority subgroups, where the Muslim group revealed more n…
Exposure to religious outgroup symbols and intergroup anxiety in Israel
Israel is often at the centre of debate regarding religious diversity. We examined how exposure to religious symbols is associated with intergroup anxiety perceived from the Jewish majority among Arab minority groups. We found that outgroup and ingroup priming had different consequences for the two Arab groups: when primed with outgroup Jewish concepts, Arab-Muslim persons reported higher intergroup anxiety than Arab-Christian participants. Howev…
Religious Primes and Threat-Perceptions as Predictors of Attitudes toward Muslims in Israel
Out-group prosocial giving during childhood: The role of in-group preference and out-group attitudes in a divided society
Amid protracted conflict, children are raised in divided contexts that shape the development of their intergroup attitudes and behaviors. Social identity development theory (SIDT) suggests that in-group preference may contribute to more negative out-group attitudes and behaviors in middle childhood. In such contexts, in-group favoritism may shape resource distribution, a key indicator of prosocial behavior. This study examined the predictors of r…
When the physical coldness in the viewer's environment leads to identification with a suffering protagonist
Based on theories of narrative engagement and embodied cognition, we hypothesised that a fit between the psychological state of a protagonist and the physical sensation of the viewer would enhance the subsequent identification with the protagonist, but not para‐social relationship with him (seeing the protagonist as a friend). We also hypothesised that identification and a para‐social relationship would lead to distinct effects on attitudes relat…
Embodied Cognition and Media Engagement: When the Loneliness of the Protagonist Makes the Reader Sense Coldness (and Vice Versa)
Embodied cognition research documents the interplay between physical sensations and corresponding psychological experiences within the individual. Accordingly, physical warmth leads to a sense of social inclusion, and being socially rejected leads to physical coldness. In the current research, we demonstrate that these embodied cognition relationships also apply to a media consumer and a media character with whom the consumer identifies. In Study…
Understanding intergroup conflict: How do children in a divided society perceive group differences
Outgroup perceptions are a fundamental element of social categorization, particularly in contexts of intergroup conflict. Social Identity Development Theory argues that perceived differences between groups is the first step in ethnic identity development. This understanding of social categories among children may have implications for negative intergroup attitudes or even prejudice. Our study explores how Jews (N=180) and Arab-Muslims (N=207) in …
Sensing the media character: The experience of parasocial interaction, but not identification, as a real physical occurrence
Concreteness and Abstractness as Causes and Effects of Identification with Media Characters
We explored new antecedents and consequences of identification with media characters that are related to concreteness or abstractness of representations. First, we examined how the portrayal of the protagonist’s behavior affects the reader’s identification with her. Participants read one of four narratives in which we manipulated the character’s usual behavior (abstract traits) and her behavior on a specific bad day (concrete states). As expected…
Masked distress: The mediated effects of face masks on physical and emotional suffocation
This study explores the effects of bodily states on emotions based on embodied cognition theories of conceptual metaphor and feelings‐as‐information theory. Specifically, it investigates how physical suffocation induced by mask‐wearing affects perceptions of emotional suffocation related to one's romantic relationship and financial situation. In this quantitative online experiment, we employed a convenience sampling method through a crowdsourcing…
Children's bias beyond group boundaries: Perceived differences, outgroup attitudes and prosocial behaviour
This study explored how children's perceptions of social group differences relate to attitudes and behaviour towards real‐world outgroups. We examined Arab‐Christian children living in Israel ( N = 231, 52% female, average age 9.8 years) and randomly presented them with either Arab‐Muslim or Jewish outgroup targets. The children performed tasks measuring attitudes and prosocial behaviour towards the outgroup. Additionally, they were asked to desc…
Seeing and thinking groups: Embodied foundations of perceptual and social structuring
The processes of perceptual organization and social categorization share the goal of simplifying and structuring the world, though they have traditionally been studied within separate branches of psychology. Drawing on embodied cognition, this perspective suggests that both processes stem from bodily experiences. Early sensorimotor experiences, such as being held in proximity or rocked in synchrony, may have shaped the principles of perceptual or…
Sweet love, bitter breakup: Exploring the impact of food intake on identification with media characters
Previous research has documented the effects of media engagement on food consumption. In this study, we explore the reverse effects of eating food of different tastes on engagement with media characters. Based on the similarity-identification hypothesis and on embodied cognition theories we expected that a sweet taste would increase identification with a protagonist in love, while a bitter taste would enhance identification with a heartbroken pro…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Media Influence and Health (5 works) · Embodied cognition (4 works) · Ingroups and outgroups (4 works) · Judaism (4 works) · Outgroup (4 works)