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Are Proselfs More Deceptive and Hypocritical? Social Image Concerns in Appearing Fair.

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Tang, H; Wang, S; Liang, Z; Sinnott-Armstrong, W; Su, S; Liu, C
Published in: Frontiers in psychology
January 2018

Deception varies across individuals and social contexts. The present research explored how individual difference measured by social value orientations, and situations, affect deception in moral hypocrisy. In two experiments, participants made allocations between themselves and recipients with an opportunity to deceive recipients where recipients cannot reject their allocations. Experiment 1 demonstrated that proselfs were more deceptive and hypocritical than prosocials by lying to be apparently fair, especially when deception was unrevealed. Experiment 2 showed that proselfs were more concerned about social image in deception in moral hypocrisy than prosocials were. They decreased apparent fairness when deception was revealed and evaluated by a third-party reviewer and increased it when deception was evaluated but unrevealed. These results show that prosocials and proselfs differed in pursuing deception and moral hypocrisy social goals and provide implications for decreasing deception and moral hypocrisy.

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Frontiers in psychology

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1664-1078

ISSN

1664-1078

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

9

Start / End Page

2268

Related Subject Headings

  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Tang, H., Wang, S., Liang, Z., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Su, S., & Liu, C. (2018). Are Proselfs More Deceptive and Hypocritical? Social Image Concerns in Appearing Fair. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2268. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02268
Tang, Honghong, Shun Wang, Zilu Liang, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Song Su, and Chao Liu. “Are Proselfs More Deceptive and Hypocritical? Social Image Concerns in Appearing Fair.Frontiers in Psychology 9 (January 2018): 2268. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02268.
Tang H, Wang S, Liang Z, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Su S, Liu C. Are Proselfs More Deceptive and Hypocritical? Social Image Concerns in Appearing Fair. Frontiers in psychology. 2018 Jan;9:2268.
Tang, Honghong, et al. “Are Proselfs More Deceptive and Hypocritical? Social Image Concerns in Appearing Fair.Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 9, Jan. 2018, p. 2268. Epmc, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02268.
Tang H, Wang S, Liang Z, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Su S, Liu C. Are Proselfs More Deceptive and Hypocritical? Social Image Concerns in Appearing Fair. Frontiers in psychology. 2018 Jan;9:2268.

Published In

Frontiers in psychology

DOI

EISSN

1664-1078

ISSN

1664-1078

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

9

Start / End Page

2268

Related Subject Headings

  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology