Self-Conscious or Fear of Hurting Another’s Feeling? An Experimental Investigation on Promise-Keeping

We conducted an experimental investigation into whether the effect of non-binding verbal promises in enhancing cooperation among promisors is derived from the internalized norm mechanism or the expectation-based mechanism. We proposed a new experimental design based on the standard trust game to sep...

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Main Authors: Wenjie Zhang, Xianchen Zhu, Hongyu Guan, Tao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.576824/full