WHY DO WE LIE? A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE DISHONESTY LITERATURE
综述了上百篇关于人类不诚实行为的研究,梳理理论框架、实证方法、人口特征和行为机制,总结出诚实行为受决策情境、他人行为、心理状态等因素影响,适合作为该领域的入门或参考指南。
Abstract Over the last decade, a massive body of research has been devoted to uncovering human dishonesty. In the present paper, we review more than a hundred papers from this literature and provide a comprehensive overview by first listing the existing theoretical frameworks, and then covering the common empirical approaches, synthesizing the demographic and personal characteristics of those who cheat, identifying the behavioural mechanisms found that affect dishonesty and finally we finish by discussing how the empirical evidence fit theory. Overall, the review concludes that many people behave dishonestly, but also that it is a highly malleable behavior sensitive to elements such as decision contexts, behaviour of others, state of mind and depletion. The review can be used as an overview of the dishonesty literature or as a guide or work of reference for selected topics of interest.