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The Sticky Anchor Hypothesis: Ego Depletion Increases Susceptibility to Situational Cues

S. Banker,Sarah E. Ainsworth,R. Baumeister,D. Ariely,K. Vohs

Published 2017 in Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

ABSTRACT

Self-control depletion has been linked both to increased selfish behavior and increased susceptibility to situational cues. The present research tested two competing hypotheses about the consequence of depletion by measuring how people allocate rewards between themselves and another person. Seven experiments analyzed behavior in standard dictator games and reverse dictator games, settings in which participants could take money from another person. Across all of these experiments, depleted participants made smaller changes to the initial allocation, thereby sticking closer to the default position (anchor) than non-depleted participants. These findings provide support for a “sticky anchor hypothesis,” which states that the effects of depletion on behavior are influenced by the proximal situational cues rather than by directly stimulating selfishness per se. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Venue

    Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

  • Publication date

    2017-05-30

  • Fields of study

    Psychology

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1002/BDM.2022
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    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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