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Academic text / evidence document
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Summary
This document is page 309 from an academic text or book titled 'Morality Games,' bearing a House Oversight Committee evidence stamp. The text discusses behavioral economics and evolutionary psychology, specifically analyzing 'Explicit Requests' for donations and human tendencies to 'Avoid Situations in Which We Are Expected to Give.' It cites various academic studies (Andreoni et al., DellaVigna et al., Dana et al.) regarding the Salvation Army and the 'dictator game' to explain pro-social behavior and reputation management.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Andreoni | Researcher |
Cited in text regarding a supermarket donation study (2011).
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| Rao | Researcher |
Cited in text regarding a supermarket donation study (2011).
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| Trachtman | Researcher |
Cited in text regarding a supermarket donation study (2011).
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| DellaVigna | Researcher |
Cited in text regarding a field experiment on charitable donations (2012).
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| Dana | Researcher |
Cited in text regarding a 'dictator game' laboratory experiment (2006).
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army |
Mentioned as the organization receiving donations in a supermarket study.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015521'.
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Locations (1)
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Supermarket
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Setting for a study on charitable giving.
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Key Quotes (4)
"Explicit Requests. When we are asked directly for donations, we give more than if we are not asked, even though no new information is conveyed by the request."Source
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"Avoiding Situations in Which We Are Expected to Give."Source
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"In the same supermarket study, researchers discovered that shoppers were going out of their way to exit the store through a side door, to avoid being asked for a contribution by the Salvation Army volunteers."Source
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"The effectiveness of subconscious cues of observability points to a primary role for reputations in our learned or evolved proclivities toward pro-social behavior."Source
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