Abstract
Two studies show that being socially mindful only requires a minimal social context: The presence of a specific other is enough to bring out greater social mindfulness in a one-shot social decision-making task that focuses participants’ decisions on leaving or limiting other people’s choice. Study 1 contrasts a control condition (with no second chooser) with two conditions in which a confederate chooses after the participant. We find that participants are socially mindful by leaving choice to the confederate more often. Study 2 reveals that a specified, identifiable other is left choice more often than an unspecified next chooser. The physical presence of others may thus be enough to elicit greater social mindfulness as manifested in simple and low-cost social decision-making.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 209-222 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Social Influence |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2018 |
Funding
This work was partly supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [grant number 022.003.040], awarded to the Kurt Lewin Institute, with Paul Van Lange as the applicant representing the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology at VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands We thank Eline Bosch, Nicolien Groeneveld, Natasja Overman, and Farrah Ridderhof for their help in designing and collecting data for Study 2. This work was partly supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [grant number 022.003.040], awarded to the Kurt Lewin Institute, with Paul Van Lange as the applicant representing the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology at VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Eline Bosch | |
| Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research | |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 022.003.040 |
Keywords
- presence of others
- social decision-making
- Social mindfulness
