In broad daylight, we trust in God! Brightness, the salience of morality, and ethical behavior

Chiou, Wen‐Bin; Cheng, Ying

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.07.005

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“…awareness and regulation of the self. Importantly, consistent with previous studies (Chiou & Cheng, 2013;, dim lighting conditions did not affect perceived anonymity. However, although participants in the dim and bright room did not differ in the perception of being observable (anonymous), participants in the bright room worried more about their impression on others which should lead to a more reflective form of self-regulation and heightened self-control.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Hence, we conclude that self-awareness, which directly refers self-regulatory goals (e.g., impression management), is a better predictor of light-induced changes in self-regulation than anonymity which rather refers to the perception of an environment (i.e., being observed or not). This is also in line with previous research showing that lighting condition affected behavior (e.g., morality regulation, cooperation) above and beyond perceived anonymity (Chiou & Cheng, 2013;.…”

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confidence: 92%

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In the spotlight: Brightness increases self-awareness and reflective self-regulation

Steidle

Werth

2014

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Section: Resultssupporting

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confidence: 92%

In the spotlight: Brightness increases self-awareness and reflective self-regulation

Steidle

Werth

2014

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…For example, past work has extended Meier et al's (2004) findings by examining moderators and contextual factors (e.g., Sherman & Clore, 2009) and more "macro" effects of light versus dark environmental cues (e.g., Chiou & Cheng, 2013;Webster, Urland, & Correll, 2012). Future work could use large-scale studies to further extend this work.…”

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confidence: 78%

Black and White as Valence Cues

Meier

Fetterman²,

Robinson

2015

Social Psychology

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Replication efforts involving large samples are recommended in helping to determine the reliability of an effect. This approach was taken for a study from Meier, Robinson, and Clore (2004) , one of the first papers in social cognition guided by conceptual metaphor theory, which reported that evaluations were faster when word valence metaphorically matched (e.g., a word with a negative meaning in black) rather than mismatched (e.g., a word with a negative meaning in white) font color. The present investigation was a direct large-scale replication attempt involving 980 participants who completed an experiment using web-based software and were diverse in terms of race, age, and geographical location. Words with a positive meaning were evaluated faster when font color was white rather than black and words with a negative meaning were evaluated faster when font color was black rather than white, replicating the main results of Meier et al. (2004) .

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“…On the brightness of light, dim environments have been found to increase creativity [31] and even reduce calorie intake [32], whereas bright environments have been shown to improve alertness and reported happiness [33], enhance concentration [34], improve adjustment to night shift work [35] and increase public self-awareness [36]. Furthermore, in a study of light and behaviour, Chiou and Cheng [37] conducted a series of experiments to examine the impact of lighting on ethical behaviour. In one of their experiments, university students participated in a dictator game and were randomly assigned to three lighting conditions: high, medium and low.…”

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The SALIENT Checklist: Gathering up the Ways in Which Built Environments Affect What We Do and How We Feel

2016

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Abstract:In recent years, behavioural science has emerged as an additional tool to explore the impact of built environments on behaviour and wellbeing. Recognising the potential for further research in this field, we have sought to better understand how built environments affect what we do, as well as how they make us feel. We began this process through a review of the behavioural science literature, and have brought together evidence to develop a checklist for design with wellbeing in mind. In this paper, we present Sound, Air, Light, Image, Ergonomics and Tint as the mnemonic SALIENT, which forms a checklist. We outline an example where elements of the checklist have been applied in a real-world setting to examine subjective wellbeing (SWB). We present this example to illustrate how the SALIENT checklist could potentially be applied more extensively to measure the impact of built environments on wellbeing.

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In broad daylight, we trust in God! Brightness, the salience of morality, and ethical behavior

Cited by 65 publications

References 35 publications

In the spotlight: Brightness increases self-awareness and reflective self-regulation

In the spotlight: Brightness increases self-awareness and reflective self-regulation

Black and White as Valence Cues

The SALIENT Checklist: Gathering up the Ways in Which Built Environments Affect What We Do and How We Feel

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