Positive Emotion and Honesty

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Jul 2021Publisher:Frontiers Media SAJournal:Frontiers in Psychology, volume 12 (eissn: 1664-1078,

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Authors: Evelyn Medai; Charles N. Noussair;

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694841

pmid: 34276522

pmc: PMC8281290

Positive Emotion and Honesty

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Abstract

We report an experiment that considers the impact of emotional state on honesty. Using the die-rolling task created by Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi to detect the level of dishonesty in a sample of individuals, we study the effects of induced happiness on the incidence of self-interested lying. The experiment uses 360-degree videos to induce emotional state. We find that people behave more honestly in a state of happiness than they do in a neutral state.

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Keywords

honesty, experiment, happiness, virtual reality, emotion induction, Psychology, BF1-990

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