Metacontingencies and Ethical Self-Control: Effect of magnitudes of individual and cultural consequences
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Magnitude of the consequences, Ethical self-control, MetacontingencyAbstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the magnitudes of the individual and cultural consequences on the pattern of choices in situations of ethical self-control and metacontingencies. Six college students were divided into two microcultures, one with ABCAC'B'A design and another with an AC'B'ABCA design. In conditions B and B’ the magnitude of the individual consequence for impulsive responses increased while the cultural consequence diminished. In conditions C and C’ the magnitude of the cultural consequence increased and the individual consequence diminished. The results indicated the selection of a pattern of choices by the groups of both microcultures, according to the cultural consequence, with little or no influence of the manipulation of the magnitude of the consequences.
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