Learning to interpret one’s own outcome as unjustified amplifies altruistic compensation: a training study

Interpretational tendencies in ambiguous situations were investigated as causal mechanisms of altruistic compensation. We used a training procedure to induce a tendency to interpret one’s own advantages as unjustified. In a subsequent mixed-game, participants had to decide whether to invest their ow...

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Main Authors: Simona eMaltese, Anna eBaumert, Nadine eKnab, Manfred J Schmitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00951/full