Anderson, R.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-6285-8358, Nichols, S. and Pizarro, D.A. (2024) Praise is for actions that are neither expected nor required. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ISSN 0146-1672
Abstract
In six studies, we examined two foundational questions about moral praise. First, what makes an action praiseworthy? In Study 1, participants reported that actions that exceed duties (compared with dutiful actions) deserve greater praise and are perceived as less likely to happen. Second, what do observers infer from praise? Praise may communicate information about local norms. In Study 2, we found that—in general—participants expect praise to increase the likelihood of a behavior. However, in Studies 3–6, participants inferred that moral behavior that receives praise is less common and is less required and expected of people. These inferences led individuals to judge that someone would be less likely to perform a behavior that was praised. These studies provide insight into the lay beliefs and communicative function of moral praise.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | praise, moral judgment, social signals, norms |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Marketing Division (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2024 12:06 |
Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2024 14:28 |
Published Version: | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/014616722... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/01461672241289833 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217648 |
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