Feeling Entitled to More

Feeling entitled to more: ostracism increases dishonest behavior.

Five experiments tested whether ostracism increases dishonesty through increased feelings of entitlement. Compared with included and control participants, ostracized participants indicated higher levels of dishonest intentions (Experiments 1-3) and cheated more to take undeserved money in a behavioral task (Experiments 4 and 5). In addition, increased feelings of entitlement mediated the effect...

Running head: OSTRACISM AND DISHONEST BEHAVIOR Feeling Entitled to More: Ostracism Increases Dishonest Behavior

Five experiments tested whether ostracism increases dishonesty through increased feelings of entitlement. Compared to included and control participants, ostracized participants indicated higher levels of dishonest intentions (Experiments 1 to 3) and cheated more to take undeserved money in a behavioral task (Experiments 4 and 5). In addition, increased feelings of entitlement mediated the effec...

Once More With Feeling

Feeling more together: group attention intensifies emotion.

The idea that group contexts can intensify emotions is centuries old. Yet, evidence that speaks to how, or if, emotions become more intense in groups remains elusive. Here we examine the novel possibility that group attention--the experience of simultaneous coattention with one's group members--increases emotional intensity relative to attending alone, coattending with strangers, or attending n...

Time crawls when you're not having fun: feeling entitled makes dull tasks drag on.

All people have to complete dull tasks, but individuals who feel entitled may be more inclined to perceive them as a waste of their "precious" time, resulting in the perception that time drags. This hypothesis was confirmed in three studies. In Study 1, participants with higher trait entitlement (controlling for related variables) thought dull tasks took longer to complete; no link was found fo...