对诚实誓言的承诺会减少不诚实,但对另一个人的承诺不会影响不诚实.
Janis H Zickfeld1, Karolina Aleksandra Ścigała2, Alexa Weiss3
1Department of Management, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. jhzickfeld@gmail.com.
Communications psychology
|September 6, 2024
概括
对道德准则的承诺,如诚实誓言,可能会减少不诚实的行为. 然而,对其他个人的承诺并没有增加不诚实,当与道德承诺相结合时,它的有效性降低了.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 社会承诺影响行为,与增加和减少不诚实的潜在联系.
- 以前的研究表明,对个人的承诺可能会促进不诚实,而对道德规范的承诺可能会抑制它.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会承诺对不同人群中不诚实的行为的影响.
- 检查对道德规范的承诺与对个人承诺对诚实的具体影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了一系列预先注册的7项研究,包括来自英国,美国和墨西哥的7566名参与者.
- 利用实验设计来评估不同类型的社会承诺对衡量不诚实的影响.
主要成果:
- 对道德规范的承诺,特别是通过诚实誓言,显示不诚实程度有小但显著的下降 (OR = 0.79).
- 没有找到可信的证据表明对个人的社会承诺增加了不诚实 (OR = 1.08).
- 当参与者同时对另一个人保持承诺时,对道德规范的承诺的有效性降低了 (OR = 0.95).
结论:
- 诚实誓言显示出作为减轻不诚实行为的工具的潜力.
- 社会承诺对不诚实的影响有细微差别,道德承诺比人际承诺更有效.
- 未来的研究应该考虑不同形式的社会承诺之间的相互作用.
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