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Robert Wirth1, Anna Foerster1, Oliver Herbort1
1Department of Psychology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Germany.
Advances in Cognitive Psychology
|August 24, 2018
Summary
Repeated and recent rule violations can eliminate the cognitive conflict costs associated with breaking rules. This suggests a revised model for understanding deliberate rule-breaking behavior.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Rule violations often lead to cognitive conflict, impacting behavior.
- Understanding factors that mitigate these conflict effects is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how the recency and frequency of rule violations influence cognitive conflict.
- To explore mechanisms for reducing the behavioral costs of rule-breaking.
Main Methods:
- Examined the impact of rule violation history (recency and frequency) on subsequent rule-following tasks.
- Assessed response initiation and execution costs.
- Utilized an unrelated interference task (Simon task) to measure cognitive conflict reduction.
Main Results:
- Rule violation facilitated subsequent violations but incurred execution costs.
- These execution costs were eliminated when rule violations were both frequent and recent.
- Recent rule violations reduced cognitive conflict in an unrelated task.
Conclusions:
- A combination of frequent and recent rule violations can overcome the cognitive costs of rule-breaking.
- These findings support a revised model of cognitive processes in deliberate rule violations.
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