The Influence Of Temperature Perception On Fairness-Related Decision Making

Studies based on embodied cognitive have found that individual temperature perception affects not only ethical decision making but also and consumption decision making.Researchers believe that stimulating the cold feelings of the participants will enhance the role of reflective analytical system,making them tend to make rational decisions;Stimulating the warm feelings of the subjects enhances the role of their intuitive heuristic system,making them inclined to make intuitive decisions.Afairness-related decision making study based on the dual-system theory found that different decision-making systems in which individuals play a major role can lead to differences in decision-making behavior.And when the reflective analytical system plays a major role,the depletion of individual cognitive resources will lead to a decrease in the rejection rate of unfair distribution plan.Does individual temperature perception affect their fairness-related decision making and What is its internal mechanism? This study focuses on the effects of individual temperature perception on their fairness-related decision making and the underlying mechanisms.By controlling the ambient temperature to manipulate the temperature perception of the participants,two behavioral experiments were designed using the ultimatum game paradigm.Experiment 1 mainly explored the influence of individual temperature perception on their fairness-related decision making.The two groups of participants activated cold and warm temperature perception respectively,and then performed the ultimatum game.The results showed that individuals who initiated a cold sensation had a higher rejection rate for absolute unfair distribution than individuals who initiated a warm sensation.This result suggested that individual temperature perception have an impact on their fair decisions.Experiment 2 aimed to explore the internal mechanism of individual temperature perception affecting fairness-related decision making.Experiment 2 introduced cognitive load variables based on Experiment 1.The two groups of subjects who stimulated cold and warm feelings performed an ultimatum game under conditions of cognitive load and no cognitive load.The results showed that individuals who initiated a cold sensation had a significantly lower absolute unfair rejection rate at cognitive load than when there was no cognitive load.The subjects who initiated the warm sensation did not have a significant difference in the absolute unfair distribution rejection rate when there was cognitive load and no cognitive load.It can be seen that participants who perceive cold need sufficient cognitive resources to participate in rejecting absolute unfair distribution,while participants who perceive warmth do not need sufficient cognitive resources to participate in absolute unfair distribution.This result supports our reasoning,stimulating the cold feelings of the participants enhance the role of reflective analytical system,making them tend to make rational decisions.Stimulating the warm feelings of the subjects enhances the role of their intuitive heuristic system,making them inclined to make intuitive decisions.The results of the study showed that individual temperature perception affects their fairness-related decision making,The intrinsic psychological mechanism may be that stimulating the cold feelings of the participants may enhance the role of reflective analytical system,making them tend to make rational decisions,So they have a higher rejection rate for absolute unfair distribution..Stimulating the warm feelings of the subjects may enhanced the role of their intuitive heuristic system,making them inclined to make intuitive decisions,So they have a lower rejection rate for absolute unfair distribution..