Spontaneousassociations and label framing have similar effects in the public goodsgame

Judgment and Decision Making

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关键词: public goods game;    framing;    subjective construal;    perceptions;    beliefs;    cooperation;    teamwork;    better-than-average effect;    hypothetical decisions;    incentivizeddecisions.NAKeywords;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

It is known thatpresentation of a meaningful label (e.g., "The Teamwork Game") can influencedecisions in economic games. A common view is that such labels cue associationsto preexisting mental models of situations, a process here called frameselection. In the absence of such cues, participants may still spontaneouslyassociate a game with a preexisting frame. We used the public goods game tocompare the effect of such spontaneous frame selection with the effect of labelframing. Participants in a condition where the public goods game was labeled"The Teamwork Game" tended to contribute at the same level as participants whospontaneously associated the unlabeled game with teamwork, whereas those whodid not associate the the unlabeled game with teamwork tended to make lowercontributions. We conclude that neutrally described games may be subject tospontaneous frame selection effects comparable in size to the effects of labelframing.

【 授权许可】

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