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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 7, 894-906 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206287538

Violating Equality in Social Dilemmas: Emotional and Retributive Reactions as a Function of Trust, Attribution, and Honesty

Jeroen Stouten

University of Leuven

David De Cremer

Tilburg University

Eric van Dijk

Leiden University

In social dilemmas, equality is an important coordination rule. When equality is violated, people seek explanations. In Experiment 1, the authors assessed dispositional trust and found that especially high trusters were affected by the given explanation. High trusters reacted less negatively to external than internal explanations. Experiment 2, using a manipulation of trust in others, revealed a similar pattern across a wider range of negative emotions. In Experiment 3, the authors only induced high trust and showed that when the external explanation turned out to be a lie, emotional and retributive reactions became more negative. Moreover, attribution information did not influence reactions when participants realized that the information was dishonest.

Key Words: equality • emotions • retribution • social dilemmas • trust • honesty • attribution


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