| Autor: |
Dewies, Malte, Merkelbach, Inge, Rohde, Kirsten, van der Scheer, Wilma, Denktas, Semiha |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| DOI: |
10.17605/osf.io/7ftgw |
| Popis: |
This study assumes that individuals hold different implicit beliefs about the nature of human behaviour. Such beliefs help explain the behaviours of others and guide predictions about behaviour. We focus on beliefs about the fixedness of behaviour (‘Individuals can/cannot change their behaviour’) and automaticity of behaviour (‘The behaviour of individuals is predominantly automatic/rational’) as independent variables. We theorise that assumed fixedness of behaviour is associated with a preference for increased government efforts to change behaviour. If individuals cannot change their behaviour on their own, then government needs to intervene more. In addition, we theorise that assumed automaticity of behaviour leads to a preference for changing choice contexts (e.g. by highlighting specific choice options) rather than the individual (e.g. by increasing knowledge). If individual behaviour is caused by automatic processes, then these processes can be triggered and exploited by changing choice contexts in order to change behaviour. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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