Psychology and Experimental Economics : A Gap in Abstraction  

Oleh:

Ariely, Dan ; Norton, Michael I.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Directions in Psychological Science vol. 16 no. 06 (Dec. 2007), page 336-339.
Topik: Experimental Economics; Experimentation; Deception; Incentives
Fulltext: 10. Psychology and Experimental Economics A Gap in Abstraction.pdf (90.26KB)

Isi artikel

Experimental economics and social psychology share an interest in a widening subset of topics, relying on similar lab-based methods to address similar questions about human behavior, yet dialogue between the two field remains in its infancy. We propose a framework for understanding this disconnect: The different approaches the disciplines take to translating real-world behavior into the laboratory create a ‘‘gap in abstraction,’’ which contributes to crucial differences in philosophy about the roles of deception and incentives in experiments and limits cross-pollination. We review two areas of common interest—altruism and group based discrimination—which demonstrate this gap yet also reveal ways in which the two approaches might be seen as complementary rather than contradictory.

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