Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
11-2011
Abstract
The present research explores whether the type of relationship one holds with deceptive or honest actors influences cross-cultural differences in reward and punishment. Research suggests that Americans reward honest actors more than they punish deceptive perpetrators, whereas East Asians reward and punish equally (Wang & Leung, 2010). Our research suggests that the type of relationship with the actor matters for East Asians, but not for Americans. East Asians exhibit favoritism toward their friends by rewarding more than punishing them, but reward and punish equally when the actors are strangers (Experiment 1 and 2); Americans reward more than they punish regardless of the type of relationship (Experiment 2). Furthermore, the findings were replicated when the proposed mechanism – social mobility – was manipulated within the same culture (Experiment 3). We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding how friends versus strangers are rewarded and punished in an increasingly relationally complex world.
Keywords
Reward, Punishment, Honesty, Deception, Culture, Social mobility
Discipline
Multicultural Psychology | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Volume
47
Issue
6
First Page
1295
Last Page
1299
ISSN
0022-1031
Identifier
10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.011
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
WANG, Cynthia S., LEUNG, Angela K.-Y., SEE, Michelle Ya Hui, & GAO, Xiang Yu.(2011). The Effects of Culture and Friendship on Rewarding Honesty and Punishing Deception. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(6), 1295-1299.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.011
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