![]() ![]() ![]() In this article, we test this belief using the game Taboo.Ĭomparing Friends’ and Strangers’ Conversations It is not clear, however, whether friends do indeed communicate more accurately and more efficiently, because research on this topic is scarce and provides mixed evidence. ![]() The existence of this belief is supported by research showing that people think their friends under stand them better than strangers do (e.g., Savitsky, Keysar, Epley, Carter, & Swanson, 2011). This nicely illustrates the folk wisdom that communication between two people who know each other very well is both accurate (they understand each other correctly) and efficient (they only need a few words to do so). For example, the wife describes the term “mini-skirt” as “The thing I am not allowed to wear to Supercross,” which immediately triggers the correct answer from her husband. One couple, which has a very close relationship, clearly outperforms the others, because they understand each other instantly. In the movie Four Christmases, the main characters play the game Taboo, in which they need to get their partner to say a target word (like “mini-skirt”) by describing it without using any “taboo” words (“short,” “1960s,” “fashion,” “sexy,” and “women”). ![]()
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