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Burgmer, Pascal ORCID: 0000-0003-3664-0539, Forstmann, Matthias and Stavrova, Olga ORCID: 0000-0002-6079-4151 (2019). Ideas Are Cheap: When and Why Adults Value Labor Over Ideas. J. Exp. Psychol.-Gen., 148 (5). S. 824 - 845. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 1939-2222

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Abstract

What do people value about a creation: the idea behind it or the labor needed for its implementation? Recent developmental research suggests that children by the age of 6 begin to value ideas over labor. Yet, much less is known about whether adults similarly attribute a higher value to ideas and idea givers than to labor and idea executors. In seven studies (N = 1,463), we explored the relative valuation of ideas versus labor in adults, its mechanisms and boundary conditions. Participants learned about an idea giver and a laborer who collaborated to create a product and indicated who deserves ownership and monetary compensation for the product. Contrary to what has been reported for children, Studies 1a-1c found that participants valued the contribution of the laborer more than the contribution of the idea giver. This labor-valuation effect emerged even when participants themselves were idea givers (Study 1b), and it was replicated across different populations (including legal professionals, Study 1c) and contexts (e.g., art works and businesses, Study 2). Studies 3a and 3b established perceived effort as a central psychological process behind the labor-valuation effect. Finally, Study 4 extended the effect to the realm of praise and blame judgments, showing that laborers receive more praise for positive outcomes, but less blame for negative outcomes, relative to idea givers. The current findings may provide a useful framework for understanding the role of effort in lay people's valuation of ideas and labor, thereby bridging research on creativity, effort, and valuation judgments.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Burgmer, Pascal UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-0539 UNSPECIFIED Forstmann, Matthias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stavrova, Olga UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-4151 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-149639
DOI:	10.1037/xge0000473
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Exp. Psychol.-Gen.
Volume:	148
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 824 - 845
Date:	2019
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1939-2222
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology and Social Psychology > Department of Scociology
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CHILDRENS RESPONSE; COPYCAT BRANDS; CONSEQUENCES; CREATIVITY; FLEXIBILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; JUDGMENTS; BELIEFS; BODY Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14963