TY - JOUR
T1 - Feelings of obligation are valuations of signaling-mediated social payoffs
AU - Rotella, Amanda
AU - Sparks, Adam Maxwell
AU - Barclay, Pat
PY - 2020/4/30
Y1 - 2020/4/30
N2 - We extend Tomasello's framework by addressing the functional challenge of obligation. If the long-run social consequences of a decision are sufficiently costly, obligation motivates the actor to forgo potential immediate benefits in favor of long-term social interests. Thus, obligation psychology balances the downstream socially-mediated payoffs from a decision. This perspective can predict when and why obligation will be experienced.
AB - We extend Tomasello's framework by addressing the functional challenge of obligation. If the long-run social consequences of a decision are sufficiently costly, obligation motivates the actor to forgo potential immediate benefits in favor of long-term social interests. Thus, obligation psychology balances the downstream socially-mediated payoffs from a decision. This perspective can predict when and why obligation will be experienced.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084176636&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X19002322
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X19002322
M3 - Article
C2 - 32349844
AN - SCOPUS:85084176636
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 43
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e85
ER -