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标题：Social mindfulness is normative when costs are low, but rapidly declines with increases in costs
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作者：Christoph Engel ; Paul A. M. Van Lange
期刊名称：Judgment and Decision Making
印刷版ISSN：1930-2975
出版年度：2021
卷号：16
期号：2
页码：290-322
语种：English
出版社：Society for Judgment and Decision Making
摘要：As a complement to high-cost cooperation as assessed in economic games, the concept of social mindfulness focuses on low-cost acts of kindness. While social mindfulness seems quite natural, performed by many most of the time (reaching a level of 60--70 percent), what happens if such acts become more costly, and if costs become more salient? The present research replicates the prevalence of social mindfulness when costs are salient, but low. Yet we show that, with small increments in costs, the vast majority no longer exhibits social mindfulness. This holds even if we keep the outcomes for self high in comparison with the beneficiary. We conclude that the literature on social mindfulness should pay attention to cost. Clearly, if being socially mindful comes with high costs, this is not what most people are prepared to do. In contrast as long as costs are low and not salient, social mindfulness seems natural and normative.