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Effect of computer-simulated leaders’ compromise on members’ emotional state and protest behavior

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Dias, Carina
Pinto, Isabel R.
Marques, José M.
Paiva, Tiago O.
Barbosa, Fernando
Cardoso, Sónia G.

Other kind(s) of contributor

Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto

Abstract / Description

Participants (N = 119) played the "Dictator Game” (computer mediated) with two bogus computer-simulated players, one of whom, the Dictator, distributed money across ten trials, either as extremely unfair (Inflexible Dictator) or being less unfair (Flexible Dictator). The other player either protested against (Protest condition) or did not react (Apathy condition) to the dictator’s decision, after each trial. We measured participants’ self-reported anger and disinterest, physiological skin conductance (SCL) and heart rate (HR), number and type of comments directed to the Dictator. Anger and number of comments were lower in the Apathy than in the Protest condition. Participants’ SCL, HR, and protest comments decreased in the Apathy condition, and increased in the Protest condition. Protest assumed a more punitive tone in the Inflexible than in the Flexible Dictator condition. We discuss these results’ contribution to understand individuals’ motivation to engage in protest and apathy, and the role of emotions in that process.

Keyword(s)

Unfair Leaders Protest and Apathy Anger Disinterest and Anxiety

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Date of first publication

2019-12

Publisher

PsychArchives

Citation

Dias, C., Pinto, I. R., Marques, J. M., Paiva, T. O., Barbosa, F., & Cardoso, S. G. (2019). Effect of computer-simulated leaders’ compromise on members’ emotional state and protest behavior [Data set]. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.2654
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Dias, Carina
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Pinto, Isabel R.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Marques, José M.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Paiva, Tiago O.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Barbosa, Fernando
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Cardoso, Sónia G.
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto
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  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2019-11-28T07:11:12Z
  • Made available on
    2019-11-28T07:11:12Z
  • Date of first publication
    2019-12
  • Abstract / Description
    Participants (N = 119) played the "Dictator Game” (computer mediated) with two bogus computer-simulated players, one of whom, the Dictator, distributed money across ten trials, either as extremely unfair (Inflexible Dictator) or being less unfair (Flexible Dictator). The other player either protested against (Protest condition) or did not react (Apathy condition) to the dictator’s decision, after each trial. We measured participants’ self-reported anger and disinterest, physiological skin conductance (SCL) and heart rate (HR), number and type of comments directed to the Dictator. Anger and number of comments were lower in the Apathy than in the Protest condition. Participants’ SCL, HR, and protest comments decreased in the Apathy condition, and increased in the Protest condition. Protest assumed a more punitive tone in the Inflexible than in the Flexible Dictator condition. We discuss these results’ contribution to understand individuals’ motivation to engage in protest and apathy, and the role of emotions in that process.
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  • Citation
    Dias, C., Pinto, I. R., Marques, J. M., Paiva, T. O., Barbosa, F., & Cardoso, S. G. (2019). Effect of computer-simulated leaders’ compromise on members’ emotional state and protest behavior [Data set]. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.2654
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2269
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2654
  • Language of content
    eng
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  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Keyword(s)
    Unfair Leaders
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  • Keyword(s)
    Protest and Apathy
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  • Keyword(s)
    Anger
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  • Keyword(s)
    Disinterest and Anxiety
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Effect of computer-simulated leaders’ compromise on members’ emotional state and protest behavior
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  • DRO type
    researchData
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