Journal
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 311-321Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.2212
Keywords
accessibility; misprediction; self– other decision making; social comparison
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71501073, 71771088]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2019ECNU-HWFW018]
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The study found that people tend to choose options with higher comparative utility for others when making decisions for them, believing that others value social comparison more than themselves. However, when the behavior of others not making social comparisons became accessible, the differences between self and others disappeared.
The tradeoff between absolute and comparative utilities is a central topic in research on judgment and decision making. The current research investigates the different levels of importance that individuals attach to absolute and comparative utilities when making decisions for themselves versus others. We hypothesize that people will prefer options high in comparative utility for others more than for themselves because people believe others value social comparison more than themselves. This belief stems from the low accessibility of others' behaviors with respect to not making social comparisons. Across four studies, the self-other differences were observed in hypothetical and realistic settings; the differences were caused by individuals' beliefs that they valued comparative utility less than others; when others' behaviors of not making social comparisons were made accessible, the self-other differences disappeared.
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