The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence
Fairness-related decision making is an important issue in the field of decision making. Traditional theories emphasize the roles of inequity aversion and reciprocity, whereas recent research increasingly shows that emotion plays a critical role in this type of decision making. In this review, we sum...
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| description | Fairness-related decision making is an important issue in the field of decision making. Traditional theories emphasize the roles of inequity aversion and reciprocity, whereas recent research increasingly shows that emotion plays a critical role in this type of decision making. In this review, we summarize the influences of three types of emotions (i.e., the integral emotion experienced at the time of decision making, the incidental emotion aroused by a task-unrelated dispositional or situational source, and the interaction of emotion and cognition) on fairness-related decision making. Specifically, we first introduce three dominant theories that describe how emotion may influence fairness-related decision making (i.e., the wounded pride/spite model, affect infusion model, and dual-process model). Next, we collect behavioral and neural evidence for and against these theories. Finally, we propose that future research on fairness-related decision making should focus on inducing incidental social emotion, avoiding irrelevant emotion when regulating, exploring the individual differences in emotional dispositions, and strengthening the ecological validity of the paradigm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-536831ce41954f5b921f0ad2ca8a1d012022-12-21T19:27:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-09-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.01592279486The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and EvidenceYa Zheng0Zhong Yang1Zhong Yang2Chunlan Jin3Yue Qi4Yue Qi5Xun Liu6Xun Liu7Department of Psychology, Dalian Medical UniversityDalian, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, ChinaSchool of Foreign Languages, East China University of Science and TechnologyShanghai, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, ChinaFairness-related decision making is an important issue in the field of decision making. Traditional theories emphasize the roles of inequity aversion and reciprocity, whereas recent research increasingly shows that emotion plays a critical role in this type of decision making. In this review, we summarize the influences of three types of emotions (i.e., the integral emotion experienced at the time of decision making, the incidental emotion aroused by a task-unrelated dispositional or situational source, and the interaction of emotion and cognition) on fairness-related decision making. Specifically, we first introduce three dominant theories that describe how emotion may influence fairness-related decision making (i.e., the wounded pride/spite model, affect infusion model, and dual-process model). Next, we collect behavioral and neural evidence for and against these theories. Finally, we propose that future research on fairness-related decision making should focus on inducing incidental social emotion, avoiding irrelevant emotion when regulating, exploring the individual differences in emotional dispositions, and strengthening the ecological validity of the paradigm.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01592/fullemotionemotion regulationfairness-related decision makingfairness theoryneural mechanisms |
| spellingShingle | Ya Zheng Zhong Yang Zhong Yang Chunlan Jin Yue Qi Yue Qi Xun Liu Xun Liu The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence Frontiers in Psychology emotion emotion regulation fairness-related decision making fairness theory neural mechanisms |
| title | The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence |
| title_full | The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence |
| title_short | The Influence of Emotion on Fairness-Related Decision Making: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence |
| title_sort | influence of emotion on fairness related decision making a critical review of theories and evidence |
| topic | emotion emotion regulation fairness-related decision making fairness theory neural mechanisms |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01592/full |
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