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- Title
Saved by the blush: being trusted despite defecting.
- Authors
Dijk, Corine; Koenig, Bryan; Ketelaar, Tim; de Jong, Peter J
- Abstract
This study examined whether blushing after a sociomoral transgression remediates trustworthiness in an interdependent context. Participants (N = 196) played a computerized prisoner's dilemma game with a virtual opponent who defected in the second round of the game. After the defection, a photograph of the opponent was shown, displaying a blushing or a nonblushing face. In a subsequent Trust Task, the blushing opponent was entrusted with more money than the nonblushing opponent. In further support of the alleged remedial properties of the blush, participants also indicated that they trusted the blushing opponent more, expected a lower probability that she would defect again, and judged the blushing opponent more positively.
- Publication
Emotion (Washington, D.C.), 2011, Vol 11, Issue 2, p313
- ISSN
1931-1516
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/a0022774