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Ruessmann, Janna Katrin and Unkelbach, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-3793-6246 (2021). Rational Dictators in the Dictator Game Are Seen as Cold and Agentic but Not Intelligent. Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull., 48 (8). THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-7433

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Abstract

In Dictator Games, dictators decide how much of a given endowment to send to receivers with no further interactions. We explored the social inferences people draw about dictators from the dictators' money amount sent and vice versa in 11 experiments (N = 1,425): Participants rated unfair dictators, who sent little or no money, as more agentic, but less communal than fair dictators, who sent half of the endowment. Conversely, participants expected more agentic and conservative but less communal dictators to send less money than less agentic, more liberal, or more communal dictators. Participants also rated unfair dictators as less intelligent but expected less intelligent dictators to send more money. When participants played the Dictator Game with real money, only self-reported communion predicted the money amount sent. Thus, participants' inferences might not reflect reality, but rational social actors should not only fear to appear unfair but also unintelligent.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ruessmann, Janna Katrin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Unkelbach, Christian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-6246 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-562390
DOI:	10.1177/01461672211040686
Journal or Publication Title:	Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull.
Volume:	48
Number:	8
Date:	2021
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-7433
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL COGNITION; SELF; INFORMATION; PERSPECTIVE; DIMENSIONS; PUNISHMENT; COMMUNION; FAIRNESS; DEPEND; AGENCY Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56239