Positive Emotion and Honesty

Evelyn Medai; Charles N. Noussair

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694841

Positive Emotion and Honesty

Evelyn Medai, Charles N. Noussair

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	694841
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694841
State	Published - Jul 1 2021

Keywords

emotion induction
experiment
happiness
honesty
virtual reality

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General Psychology

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