Groote, Isabelle de (2024) Does the Need to Maintain an Honest Self-Concept Moderate the Association between Perceived Unfairness and Dishonest Behavior? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
People have a tendency to do the right thing, yet the world is not fair. However, the ease of engaging in dishonest behaviors differs among individuals. The present study will investigate whether the contextual factor of perceived unfair treatment, will make people more inclined to engage in dishonest behavior. Besides focusing on situational circumstances, this research will also explore the impact of personality on dishonesty; namely the effect of self-concept. More specifically, it is hypothesized that perceived unfair treatment will increase the likelihood of engaging in dishonest behaviors. Additionally, it is assumed that a high self-concept will have an attenuating effect on the hypothesized association between perceived unfair treatment and dishonesty. A between-subject experiment has been conducted among first-year students (N=52) at the University of Groningen. The study was divided in two parts; one assessing self-concept via a survey study and the second part included a reading task in which students were categorized in the ‘easy’ or ‘hard’ condition. The dependent variable ‘dishonest behavior’ was inferred from the amount of difficulties students could report afterwards, which would make them gain additional SONA-points. The findings of both the main effect and the moderating effect were non-significant with p>0.05. Limitations and implications will be discussed in the discussion section.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gutzkow, B. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2024 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2024 08:39 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3795 |
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