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Psychological consequences of money and money attitudes in dictator game

Psychological consequences of money and money attitudes in dictator game

Authors :
Agata Gąsiorowska
Anna Hełka
Source :
Polish Psychological Bulletin. 43:20-26
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Polish Academy of Sciences Chancellery, 2012.

Abstract

Psychological consequences of money and money attitudes in dictator game According to the research conducted by Vohs, Mead, and Goode (2006, 2008), reminders of money cause people to behave self-sufficiently, and especially to reveal a reduced tendency to charitable behaviour. In this study, we wanted to establish if this tendency would be present in the dictator game, and if so, whether money activation would just change behaviour, or whether it would also change people's evaluation of their own decisions. We assumed that people who revealed symbolic and instrumental money attitudes would react differently to money activation. As expected, money priming caused smaller money transfers compared to the control condition, and this effect was significant among those with symbolic attitudes toward money. Moreover, participants who transferred at least half of the sum after money activation declared stronger negative emotions and lower satisfaction with the decision than those who made similar transfers in the control condition.

Details

ISSN :
00792993
Volume :
43
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Polish Psychological Bulletin
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........6014f8610f22ea8014b75be9291d6426
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2478/v10059-012-0003-8