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title

Self-Regulation in Decisions for the Self Versus Others

author

Komoski, Stephanie Elizabeth

abstract

Social Values Theory proposes that there is a social norm to decide for others in keeping with what is socially valued. Studies on self-regulation have shown that depletion leads to more heuristic-based decision making. It was hypothesized that depletion would not affect decisions for others the way it affects decisions for the self because deciding for others is already a heuristic-based process. Participants completed two depleting tasks and then made decisions for themselves or a friend. The results indicated that depletion did not affect decisions for others, but depletion did not affect decisions for the self, either. However, post-hoc analyses showed that depletion did influence how long participants spent making their decisions. Given these results, alternative explanations are proposed. Finally, study limitations and future directions are discussed.

subject

decision making

decisions for others

depletion

self-regulation

contributor

Stone, Eric R (committee chair)

Clarke, Philip B (committee member)

Masicampo, E J (committee member)

date

2014-07-10T08:35:42Z (accessioned)

2014-07-10T08:35:42Z (available)

2014 (issued)

degree

Psychology (discipline)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39325 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis