Who tugs at our heart strings? The effect of avatar images on player generosity in the dictator game
Autor: | Kathryn Buchanan, Riccardo Russo, Jessica Thompson, Jonathan J. Rolison, Isadora Jinga |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Physiology media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Dogs Dictator game Puppy Physiology (medical) Perception biology.animal Animals Humans General Psychology Aged media_common Avatar biology Original Articles General Medicine Altruism United Kingdom Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Prosocial behavior Donation Dictator prosocial behaviour Psychology avatar images Social psychology |
Zdroj: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006) |
ISSN: | 1747-0226 1747-0218 |
Popis: | The present research was motivated by a prior study, where several wallets, each containing a photo of either a baby, a puppy, a family, or an elderly couple, were scattered across a city in the United Kingdom. Most of the wallets containing a photo of a baby were returned compared with less than one-third of the wallets containing a photo of an elderly couple. To investigate further, in a series of three studies we examined, using a pseudo online version of the dictator game, possible subtle cues supporting prosocial behaviour by manipulating the type of avatar used by the recipient of the donation made by the “dictator.” Overall, it emerged that participants showed significantly higher levels of generosity towards babies and older people, supporting the notion that perceptions of vulnerability and need drive prosocial behaviour. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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