Stage 1 Registered Report: How subtle linguistic cues prevent unethical behaviors

Abstract

Different ways of description can easily influence people’s evaluation and behaviors. A previous study suggested that subtle linguistic differences in ethical reminder instructions can cause differences in preventing readers’ unethical behavior. The present study aims to replicate the previous finding by Bryan and his colleagues (2013) in the Japanese context, additionally exploring the influence of unfamiliar instructions that capture participants’ attention. In two experiments, which are planned to be conducted online, participants are asked to make 10 coin-tosses and report the number of “heads,” indicating the amount of money that could be earned. We will manipulate instructions (“Don’t cheat” vs. “Don’t be a cheater” vs. no instruction as a control) for each participant group including nearly 270 participants (Experiment 1). Next, we will conduct an extended experiment with an additional task in which more attention is directed toward the text (Experiment 2). Through these registered experiments, we examine the credibility of the previous finding that type of instruction affects the occurrence of unethical behaviors.

Stage 2 Registered Report: How subtle linguistic cues prevent unethical behaviors

“…Crowdsourcing. The protocol of this experiment was registered on the Open Science Framework (Guo et al, 2020). The results showed that the familiarity rating score in the "cheater" condition was significantly lower than that in the "cheating" condition, t(64) = 6.73, p < .001, Cohen's d = 0.834.…”

“…Underlying data Open Science Framework: How subtle linguistic cues prevent unethical behaviors, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/AXDHV (Guo et al, 2020).…”

Am I A Cheater?: Pengaruh Priming dengan Subtle Linguistic in Ethical Reminder dalam mengurangi Perilaku tidak Etis Berdasarkan Jenis Kelamin

“…Sedangkan dalam penelitian Chernov (2018) menyebutkan bahwa: "Priming refers to the effect of some preceding stimulus or event on how we react, broadly defined, to some subsequent event or person-Priming mengacu pada efek pemberian beberapa stimulus atau peristiwa sebelumnya terhadap reaksi seseorang pada suatu peristiwa tertentu setelahnya " Dari definisi tersebut, seringkali efek priming dianggap sebagai hasil dari aktivasi dari representasi mental yang dapat meningkatkan atau mengurangi perilaku nampak selanjutnya sesuai dengan peristiwa tertentu (Rivers & Sherman, 2018). Para psikolog sosial melakukan adaptasi terkait metodologi priming untuk memahami bagaimana aktivasi pengetahuan dan evaluasi dapat memengaruhi persepsi dan perilaku indiividu, khususnya dalam penelitian eksperimental, guna pencegahan perilaku curang (Bryan, Adams & Monin, 2013;Guo, et. al., 2019).…”