The social power of regret: The effect of social appraisal and anticipated emotions on fair and unfair allocations in resource dilemmas

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 151-157

  van der Schalk, Job ^a   Kuppens, Toon ^b   Bruder, Martin ^c   Manstead, Antony S R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticipated emotions; Decision making; Fairness; Resource allocation; Social appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84925745304     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000036     Document Type: Article

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