The need to belong and the value of belongings: Does ostracism change the subjective value of personal possessions?

Walasek, Lukasz; Matthews, William J.; Rakow, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2015.04.012

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“…The possibility that our manipulation did not work is further weakened by the fact that, in past research, Cyberball was effective in affecting self-reported perceptions of social exclusion (Van Beest, Williams, & Van Dijk, 2011;Walasek et al, 2015;Williams & Jarvis, 2006;Zadro et al, 2004) and had an impact on relevant brain activity (Eisenberger, Lieberman, & Williams, 2003;Preller et al, 2016) and behaviours (Lustenberger & Jagacinski, 2010;Warburton, Williams, & Cairns, 2006). In our studies, despite the significant and robust effect of a lowered need for belonging, we observed no differences in performance in the judgement and decision-making tasks.…”

Section: All Alone But Not Bad Decision-makerscontrasting

confidence: 66%

“…Then, participants completed a self-esteem boosting exercise where they listed their best qualities (Walasek, Matthews, & Rakow, 2015) followed by an assessment of their current mood and self-esteem level. Participants were then debriefed and informed that their co-players were computer-based.…”

Section: Materials and Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We also emphasized that participants were randomly allocated to two game conditions: inclusion or exclusion . Then, participants completed a self-esteem boosting exercise where they listed their best qualities (Walasek, Matthews, & Rakow, 2015) followed by an assessment of their current mood and self-esteem level.…”

Section: Materials and Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Decision‐makers are resilient in the face of social exclusion

Juanchich

Walasek

Sirota

2018

British J of Psychology

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A growing body of evidence suggests that social exclusion impairs people's capacity for active deliberation and logical reasoning. Building on this finding and on the postulate from the dual-process theory that analytical thinking is essential in order to make good judgements and decisions, we hypothesized that social exclusion will alter judgement and choice behaviour. We tested this hypothesis in three experiments in which social exclusion was manipulated using the Cyberball paradigm, an online ball-tossing game in which participants either received the ball a fair number of times or were excluded by the other two players. We focused on a range of tasks designed to be sensitive to participants' ability to engage in analytical thinking and careful deliberation, including the cognitive reflection test (Experiment 1) and a set of anchoring, intertemporal preference, disjunction, and confidence tasks (experiments 2 and 3). Our results unanimously failed to support the hypothesis that social exclusion influences people's judgements and decision-making. We discuss the implications of our findings for social exclusion theory.

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Decision‐makers are resilient in the face of social exclusion

Juanchich

Walasek

Sirota

2018

British J of Psychology

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“…A growing amount of empirical and theoretical work has attempted to describe the processes through which an individual develops a special bond with his/her possessions (Beggan, 1992;Pierce, Kostova, & Dirks, 2003;Walasek, Matthews, & Rakow, 2015). One key theoretical framework that describes this process is self-extension theory (Belk, 1988;Dittmar, 1992;Pierce et al, 2001;2003), according to which possessions become part of our extended self, ultimately becoming incorporated into our own self-definition.…”

Section: Psychological and Factual Status Of Ownershipmentioning

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When Does Construction Enhance Product Value? Investigating the Combined Effects of Object Assembly and Ownership on Valuation

Walasek

Rakow

Matthews

2015

Behavioral Decision Making

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Recent findings have shown that even without the ability to customize a product, individuals pay more for goods that they assembled. In this paper we examine which components of this creation process account for the increase in valuation, and whether it operates equally for owners and non‐owners of the self‐assembled object. Based on the self‐extension theory of ownership, we propose a psychological mechanism by which the assembly process strengthens the self–object association. In three experiments, we find that—although witnessing the assembly process or assembling a similar product can increase participants' evaluation of, and attachment to, a product that they own—a greater and more consistent increase in valuation and attachment arises when owners assemble their product themselves. Seemingly, merely learning about the assembly process plays only a small role in enhancing value; for substantial increases in value, one must actually assemble the product oneself. Contrary to the previous findings on the effects of labour on willingness to pay, we find little effect of product assembly among non‐owners of the product. We suggest that self‐assembly encourages objects to be incorporated into the self, but that this occurs most effectively when one owns the product. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Note that all experiments ended with a debriefing, after which everyone completed a self-esteem boost where they listed their best qualities followed by an assessment of their current mood and self-esteem. This was shown to effectively remedy the negative effect of social exclusion (Juanchich et al, 2018;Walasek, Matthews, & Rakow, 2015). Finally, all participants reported whether they experienced any issues with the Cyberball game and if they had played Cyberball before.…”

Section: Post Exclusion Survey and Checking Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%