The Justice Motive and Unconscious Decision Making

Year 2017, Issue: 6, 15 - 35, 28.11.2017

Matthias Donat Claudia Dalbert

Abstract

Abstract

In two
experiments we investigated the relation between implicit justice motive and
quality of decisions in complex justice-specific situations. According to
Unconscious-Thought Theory (Dijksterhuis & Nordgren, 2006), people make
better complex decisions when thinking unconsciously than when thinking
consciously or deciding immediately. We expected that decision quality would
depend on participants’ implicit justice motive (Dalbert, 2001) which operates
on an unconscious level and would thus explain especially unconscious
decisions. Data were obtained from a total of N = 180 individuals. Findings of
both experiments suggest that participants with a strong implicit justice
motive were more likely to make just decisions in the unconscious-thought
condition than in both other conditions. Findings are discussed in light of the
justice motive theory (Dalbert, 2001).

Keywords

justice motive, belief in a just world, unconscious thought, decision making

Adalet Güdüsü ve Bilinçsiz Karar Verme

Abstract

Özet

Bu
çalışmada iki deneyden hareketle, örtük adalet güdüsü ve adalete özgü karmaşık
durumlardaki kararların niteliği arasındaki ilişkiyi inceledik.
Bilinçsiz-Düşünce Teorisi'ne göre (Dijksterhuis ve Nordgren, 2006), insanlar
bilinçsiz bir şekilde düşündüklerinde bilinçli bir şekilde düşündüklerinden ya
da ani karar verdikleri durumlardan daha iyi karmaşık kararlar vermektedirler.
Kararın niteliğinin katılımcıların, bilinçsiz bir düzeyde işleyen ve
dolayısıyla özellikle bilinçsiz kararları açıklayacak olan, örtük adalet
güdülerine (Dalbert, 2001) bağlı olacağını bekledik. Çalışmanın verisi N = 180
katılımcıdan elde edilmiştir. Her iki deneyin bulguları da; güçlü bir örtük
adalet güdüsüne sahip katılımcıların adil kararlar vermelerinin, diğer iki
koşuldansa  bilinçsiz-düşünce koşulunda
daha olası olduğuna işaret etmektedir. Bulgular, adalet güdüsü teorisi
(Dalbert, 2001) ışığında tartışılmaktadır. 

Keywords

adalet güdüsü, adil dünya inancı, bilinçsiz düşünce, karar verme

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