The Virtue of Self-Distancing

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dc.contributor.authorHerold, Warren
dc.contributor.authorSowden, Walter
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-31T19:43:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-31T19:43:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-07
dc.descriptionThis presentation was delivered on May 6, 2016 by Dr. Warren Herold and Dr. Walter Sowden at the 2016 Self, Motivation, and Virtue Conference, held at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.en_US
dc.description.abstractOne develops a moral self, according to Adam Smith, by examining one’s feelings and behavior from a spectators’ point of view. Our first study examines this claim by asking participants to split $10 between themselves and a confederate in any way they deem fit. Prior to deciding, participants were randomly assigned to reflect on their decision from a self-immersed, 1st person perspective or a self-distanced, observer perspective. Contrary to our predictions, analyses performed on the data collected thus far (n = 77) suggest that participants in the self-distanced group keep significantly more money (on average, $1) for themselves, U = 933, z = 2.35. p = .019, r = .27. Although, preliminary (data collection remains ongoing) these results are both fascinating and perplexing. We are currently revisiting our original theory and developing two follow-up experiments to help us explain this interesting and counterintuitive finding.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewNoen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis conference was made possible by funding from the Templeton Religion Trust, the Spencer Foundation, and The University of Oklahoma.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/50926
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSMV Project Conference 2016
dc.relation.urihttps://youtu.be/lE02Vndd7LM
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.titleThe Virtue of Self-Distancingen_US
dc.typeVideoen_US

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