Resursfördelande vid hjälpsituationer: Default bias, proportionsdominanseffekten och makt
(2014) PSYK01 20132Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to examine people's decision-making when it came to making a choice between two helping projects that could save either 5 out of 5 or 10 out of 2000 children respectively. Default was manipulated so that half of the participants had 5 of 5 as the default-project and the other half had 10 of 2000 as the default-project. In addition, half of the participants within each condition were primed with high power and the other half with low power. Participants showed which project they preferred by marking their choice in a questionnaire and by placing a real 20 SEK bill they had gotten, in the envelope representing the project. 156 students participated. The main results show that there was a significant effect on... (More)
- The purpose of this study was to examine people's decision-making when it came to making a choice between two helping projects that could save either 5 out of 5 or 10 out of 2000 children respectively. Default was manipulated so that half of the participants had 5 of 5 as the default-project and the other half had 10 of 2000 as the default-project. In addition, half of the participants within each condition were primed with high power and the other half with low power. Participants showed which project they preferred by marking their choice in a questionnaire and by placing a real 20 SEK bill they had gotten, in the envelope representing the project. 156 students participated. The main results show that there was a significant effect on default when participants placed real money in envelopes but not when they marked their choice in the questionnaire, and that people prefer to save 10 of 2000 rather than 5 of 5 children. Power did not have any significant effect on decision-making. Inconsistent participants, that is those marking the alternative choice in the questionnaire despite leaving the money in the default-envelope, were more common among the participants who had 5 of 5 as the default-project. (Less)
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- author
- Maserak, Katarina LU and Skoglund, Oscar LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK01 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Default, proportion dominance effect, power, helping behavior
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4318147
- date added to LUP
- 2014-03-03 16:12:12
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- 2014-03-03 16:12:12
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abstract = {{The purpose of this study was to examine people's decision-making when it came to making a choice between two helping projects that could save either 5 out of 5 or 10 out of 2000 children respectively. Default was manipulated so that half of the participants had 5 of 5 as the default-project and the other half had 10 of 2000 as the default-project. In addition, half of the participants within each condition were primed with high power and the other half with low power. Participants showed which project they preferred by marking their choice in a questionnaire and by placing a real 20 SEK bill they had gotten, in the envelope representing the project. 156 students participated. The main results show that there was a significant effect on default when participants placed real money in envelopes but not when they marked their choice in the questionnaire, and that people prefer to save 10 of 2000 rather than 5 of 5 children. Power did not have any significant effect on decision-making. Inconsistent participants, that is those marking the alternative choice in the questionnaire despite leaving the money in the default-envelope, were more common among the participants who had 5 of 5 as the default-project.}},
author = {{Maserak, Katarina and Skoglund, Oscar}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Resursfördelande vid hjälpsituationer: Default bias, proportionsdominanseffekten och makt}},
year = {{2014}},
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