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   中国科学院心理研究所
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心理学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (9): 1622-1637.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2025.1622 cstr: 32110.14.2025.1622

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社会奖惩对欺骗行为的影响

袁博(), 赵靖实, 漆丹, 赵彤, 胡佳琪   

  1. 宁波大学心理学系暨研究所, 浙江 宁波 315211
  • 收稿日期:2023-11-22 发布日期:2025-06-26 出版日期:2025-09-25
  • 通讯作者: 袁博, E-mail: yuanbopsy@gmail.com
  • 基金资助:
    全国教育科学规划一般项目“青少年道德决策中的同伴影响及其认知情感机制研究”(BBA210033)

The influence of social reward and punishment on deception

YUAN Bo(), ZHAO Jingshi, QI Dan, ZHAO Tong, HU Jiaqi   

  1. Department of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  • Received:2023-11-22 Online:2025-06-26 Published:2025-09-25

摘要:

欺骗是指通过言语或非言语方式向他人提供错误信息或隐瞒相关信息的行为, 奖励和惩罚是影响欺骗行为的关键因素。然而, 以往研究主要关注金钱奖惩, 对于社会奖惩如何影响欺骗行为目前尚不清楚。本研究通过3项实验, 探讨了社会奖惩对欺骗行为的影响及其中介与调节机制。实验1采用信号博弈任务考察社会奖惩能否对欺骗行为产生影响。结果发现,与金钱奖惩类似, 社会奖惩能够减少欺骗行为, 且社会惩罚比社会奖励的效果更好。采用漂移扩散模型分析发现, 社会奖惩与金钱奖惩条件下漂移率v显著小于无奖惩条件, 表明社会奖惩与金钱奖惩促使个体更倾向于累积选择不欺骗的证据。实验2和3采用相同的实验任务, 进一步考察了声誉关注在社会奖惩影响欺骗行为中的中介作用, 以及社会价值取向的调节作用。结果发现,声誉关注在社会奖惩对欺骗行为的影响中起中介作用, 社会价值取向调节社会奖惩通过声誉关注影响欺骗行为的中介过程。上述结果表明, 社会奖惩能够作为抑制欺骗行为的有效手段。

关键词: 社会奖惩, 欺骗, 声誉关注, 社会价值取向, 漂移扩散模型

Abstract:

Deception is a complex behavior involving the dissemination of misleading information or the intentional omission of relevant details, conveyed both verbally and nonverbally. While extensive research has explored strategies to mitigate deception, rewards and punishments have emerged as key deterrents. Prior studies have predominantly focused on tangible incentives, such as monetary or token-based rewards and punishments. However, given that deception frequently occurs in interpersonal contexts, social rewards and punishments— eliciting positive or negative emotional responses—may also influence deceptive behavior. Despite this, their precise impact remains unclear.

To address this gap, the present study employed three experiments to examine the interplay between social rewards, social punishments, and deception, while also investigating the underlying mediating and moderating mechanisms. Experiment 1 engaged 30 participants in a signaling game (also known as the sender-receiver game) to assess whether social rewards and punishments influence deception in a manner similar to monetary incentives. Experiment 2, involving 60 participants, extended this investigation by incorporating an adapted reputation concern scale to explore reputation concern as a potential mediator. Experiment 3 examined the moderating role of social value orientation (SVO). Participants with different SVOs, identified using the SVO slider measure, were recruited to determine whether social value orientation moderates the effects of social rewards and punishments on deception.

Findings from Experiment 1 demonstrated that social rewards and punishments, akin to monetary incentives, reduce deceptive behaviors, with social punishments being more effective than social rewards. Drift-diffusion modeling (DDM) analysis revealed that under conditions of social and monetary rewards and punishments, the drift rate (ν) was significantly lower compared to the condition without incentives, indicating that both forms of incentives promote evidence accumulation favoring non-deceptive behavior. Experiment 2 established reputation concern as a mediator in the relationship between social incentives and deception. Specifically, social incentives heightened reputation concerns, leading to reduced deception, whereas monetary incentives did not have this effect. Experiment 3 identified social value orientation as a moderator: Individuals with a pro-social orientation exhibited heightened reputation concerns in response to social incentives, thereby reducing deception, while this effect was absent among pro-self individuals.

Overall, this study confirms that social rewards and punishments effectively reduce deceptive behavior. By elucidating the psychological mechanisms involved and broadening the empirical understanding of social incentives, these findings offer valuable insights into mitigating deception in interpersonal interactions. Future research could further explore the moderating effects of different social contexts or individual differences to more comprehensively understand the boundary conditions under which social rewards and punishments influence deceptive behavior.

Key words: social reward and punishment, deception, reputation concern, social value orientation, Drift-Diffusion Modeling

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