Money Priming And Moral Dilemma Judgment

Money is the basis of human economic activity.Different from the general concept of money,it refers to the overall understanding of money in an individual’s cognitive structure more than the amount of wealth in psychological research.In literature,money is often portrayed as a demon that corrupts people’s moral sense.However,from the perspective of psychology,this view oversimplifies the complex relationship between money and morality.There has been a long discussion on the influence of money on psychology and behavior.Some scholars believe that money can stimulate the passion and motivation of individuals.Some scholars also believe that money will change the behavior of individuals and destroy the harmonious relationship with others.Thus,the influence of money on individuals is complex,and money itself may be meaningless.Its influence on individuals depends on how individuals view it.In psychology,money to start as early as in the study is proposed to be Self-sufficient Theory(self-sufficiency and found),suggests that money can cause the individual state of self-sufficiency,and research assumptions are verified by mixed phrase tasks.Since then,most of the research on the priming of money concept use the mixed phrase paradigm.Inspired by the Self-sufficiency Theory,money as social resource and Mindset Theory were born.The theory believes that money and time are inseparable,and advocates the joint investigation of the effects of money priming and time priming.As a collection of values and traditions that guide social behavior,morality is a special code of conduct formulated by different social classes to deal with various complex relationships between individuals and social groups(Haidt,2007).The early psychological research of moral judgment was inspired by the historical debate of moral philosophy between Kant and Hume,and formed two views of utilitarianism and deontology.According to the viewpoint of utilitarianism and deontology,they are an either/or relationship,that is,to conform to utilitarianism means to violate deontology,and vice versa.The research in the field of morality finds that money can make people have immoral behavior,increase the tendency of utilitarian judgment,reduce the tendency of moral behavior and reduce the tendency of deontological judgment.However,some researchers believe that the traditional dilemma paradigm confuses utilitarian judgment with action,deontological judgment with inaction,and blurs the difference between the two moral principles in the general action tendency.Therefore,it is necessary to examine the relationship between the two moral principles in a new way.Based on this,Gawronski et al.(2017)proposed to use the CNI model through the sensitivity of(1)to results C,(2)sensitivity to ethics N,(3)independent estimation of the degree I of the general preference for action or inaction provides a more detailed understanding of the factors affecting moral judgment.According to different money priming theories,it can be speculated that the influence of different money priming paradigms on moral judgment may be realized by influencing different factors.In this study,the money concept primes paradigm of Vohs et al.(2006)was initiated by the mixed phrase task through 3 experiments.Starting with the money set priming paradigm of Zhou et al.(2009)by recalling the money spending task,and using and translating 24 moral dilemmas verified by the CNI model of Gawronski et al.(2017)as experimental materials,the influence of different money priming paradigms on individual moral judgment was investigated.Experiment 1 investigates the influence of money concept priming and neutral priming on moral judgment in three parameters of CNI model.Experiment 2 investigates the influence of money set priming and neutral priming on moral judgment in three parameters of CNI model.Experiment 3 investigates the influence of money concept priming and money set priming on moral judgment in three parameters of the CNI model,to explore whether the difference is due to the random error caused by the operation or the systematic difference between the two priming methods.The study draws the following conclusions:(1)The priming paradigm of money concept influences moral judgment.In the moral dilemma,compared with the neutral priming,the individuals who initiated the concept of money had higher sensitivity to results,lower sensitivity to ethics and stronger preference for action.(2)The money-set priming paradigm influences moral judgment.In moral dilemmas,individuals who engage in money-set priming have lower ethical sensitivity and stronger behavioral preferences than those who engage in neutral priming.(3)Different money priming paradigms affect individuals’ moral judgment.Compared with money set priming,individuals with money concept priming have higher outcome sensitivity.