Empathic and Numerate Giving: The Joint Effects of Victim Images and Charity Evaluations

Empathic and Numerate Giving : The Joint Effects of Victim Images and Charity Evaluations

Bergh, Robin, 1983- (författare): Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi,Harvard Univ, Dept Psychol, William James Hall,33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.

Reinstein, David (författare): Univ Exeter, Sch Business, Dept Econ, Exeter, Devon, England.

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2020-02-17
2021
Engelska.
Ingår i: Social Psychology and Personality Science. - : Sage Publications. - 1948-5506 .- 1948-5514. ; 12:3, s. 407-416

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Helping behaviors are often driven by emotional reactions to the suffering of particular individuals, but these behaviors do not seem to be upregulated when many people need help. In this article, we consider if these reactions are also "innumerate" to information about how charities spend their money. Across six experiments, we examined how images of identified victims interact with information about charity efficiency (money toward program) and effectiveness (program outcome). We further examined if the images primarily get people to donate (yes/no), while efficiency/effectiveness might provide a tuning mechanism for how much to give. Results showed that images influenced the propensity to donate and induced participants donate their full bonuses, indicating heuristic effects. Efficiency and effectiveness information had no effects on donations.

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