Self-interested behaviour as a social norm

KH Buchter, B Mønsted, S Lehmann - arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.01884, 2020 - arxiv.org
Language can exert a strong influence on human behaviour. In experimental studies, it is for
example well-known that the framing of an experiment or priming at the beginning of an
experiment can alter participants' behaviour. However, few studies have been conducted to
determine why framing or priming specific words can alter people's behaviour. Here, we
show that the behaviour of participants in a game-theoretical experiment is driven mainly by
social norms, and that participants' adherence to different social norms is influenced by the …

Self-interested behaviour as a social norm

K Haworth Buchter, B Mønsted, S Lehmann - arXiv e-prints, 2020 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Abstract Language can exert a strong influence on human behaviour. In experimental
studies, it is for example well-known that the framing of an experiment or priming at the
beginning of an experiment can alter participants' behaviour. However, few studies have
been conducted to determine why framing or priming specific words can alter people's
behaviour. Here, we show that the behaviour of participants in a game-theoretical
experiment is driven mainly by social norms, and that participants' adherence to different …
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