Hypothesized that it is not emotional arousal per se which influences one to inhibit or avoid cheating, but one’s interpretation of the meaning and significance of that arousal. 105 naive undergraduates were told that this was a study of a vitamin supplement’s effects on vision, and given 1 of 2 lists of side effects associated …
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Bryan, C. J., Adams, G. S., & Monin, B. (2013). When cheating would make you a cheater: Implicating the self prevents unethical behavior.
In 3 experiments using 2 different paradigms, people were less likely to cheat for personal gain when a subtle change in phrasing framed such behavior as diagnostic of an undesirable identity. Participants were given the opportunity to claim money they were not entitled to at the experimenters’ expense; instructions referred to cheating with either language …