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Self-interest as self-fulfilling prophecy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

Mark Van Vugt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdommvv@soton.ac.uk psy.soton.ac.uk/~psyweb/vugt

Abstract

The adoption of experimental methods from economics, in particular script-enactment, performance-related payment, and the absence of deception, will turn experimental social psychology into a trivial science subject. Such procedures force participants to conform to a normative expectation that they must behave rationally and in accordance with their self-interest. The self-fulfilling prophecy inherent in these procedures makes it more difficult to conduct innovative social-psychological research.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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