在实验中,被好好倾听(带着专注、不带评判)的讲述者,在持有自己的观点时防御性更少,也更有层次。Itzchakov, G., Kluger, A. N., and Castro, D. R. (2017). I am aware of my inconsistencies but can tolerate them: The effect of high quality listening on speakers' attitude ambivalence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(1), 105 to 120. doi:10.1177/0146167216675339
在美国的一项实地实验中,受过训练的拉票者不带评判地倾听,并彼此交换个人故事,改变了人们对一个争议议题的看法,三个月后这种改变依然存在。这只是一项研究,而且带有说服的目的,所以我们只把它当作尝试倾听的一个理由,不作更多承诺。Broockman, D., and Kalla, J. (2016). Durably reducing transphobia: A field experiment on door-to-door canvassing. Science, 352(6282), 220 to 224. doi:10.1126/science.aad9713