Self-Regulation in Decisions for the Self Versus Others

Social Values Theory proposes that there is a social norm to decide for others in keeping with what is socially valued. Studies on self-regulation have shown that depletion leads to more heuristic-based decision making. It was hypothesized that depletion would not affect decisions for others the way it affects decisions for the self because deciding for others is already a heuristic-based process. Participants completed two depleting tasks and then made decisions for themselves or a friend. The results indicated that depletion did not affect decisions for others, but depletion did not affect decisions for the self, either. However, post-hoc analyses showed that depletion did influence how long participants spent making their decisions. Given these results, alternative explanations are proposed. Finally, study limitations and future directions are discussed.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Komoski, Stephanie Elizabeth

• decision making

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39325

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/39325