Can Priming Your Self Lead to Punishing Others?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2011
Abstract
Previous research has shown that priming the individual self can increase the accessibility of individual self-cognitions. In turn, we hypothesized that blame for immoral behaviors also would increase, leading to higher assignments of punishment, but that the size of this effect would depend on whether the behaviors violated perfect or imperfect duties. To test these hypotheses, participants assigned yearly bonus penalties to employees who had performed dishonest, disloyal, unfriendly, or uncharitable acts. As expected, the individual prime increased punishments, and this effect was accentuated for violations of perfect duties relative to violations of imperfect duties.
DOI
10.1080/00224545.2010.503720
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Sandry, Joshua; Hunt, Gayle; Rice, Stephen; Trafimow, David; and Geels, Kasha, "Can Priming Your Self Lead to Punishing Others?" (2011). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 117.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/117