A theoretical construction and empirical study of the foolishness and shrewdness of being right

• Project/Area Number: 24653165
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Shukutoku University
• Principal Investigator: JIN NOBUHITO 淑徳大学, 総合福祉学部, 教授 (30296298)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 正義 / 公正感 / 感情 / 社会的ジレンマ / 説得 / チキンゲーム / 評判 / サンクショニングシステム / 怒り / 地位競争 / 利益葛藤 / 序列 / 利害対立 / 均衡理論 / 報復 / 社会的比較 / チキン・ゲーム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main findings of these six experiments are outlined below: 1) People tend to speak and act stubbornly and high-handedly if they feel that their own arguments are right. 2) People react emotionally when asked to choose which is more important: their own argument or another one roughly as right as theirs. 3) Showing consideration for the people around them enables people to earn the support of third parties when embroiled in conflict with others. 4) People who make sacrifices to penalize others who have acted selfishly are less likely to be the subjects of acts of exploitation by others.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 特定の他者に対する怒りについての質的研究 (2016)
  • Author(s): 下林咲、田中寿夫、植草佑太、神信人
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-04-29
• [Presentation] 集団間攻撃における利他行動の効果 (2014)
  • Author(s): 植村友里
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 同志社大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-10 – 2014-09-12