Emotions and decisions in the real world: What can we learn from quasi-field experiments?

ABSTRACT: Researchers in the social sciences have increasingly studied how emotions influence decision-making. We argue that research on emotions arising naturally in real-world environments is critical for the generalizability of insights in this domain, and therefore to the development of this field. Given this, we argue for the increased use of the "quasi-field experiment" methodology, in which participants make decisions or complete tasks after as-if-random real-world events determine their emotional state. We begin by providing the first critical review of this emerging literature, which shows that real-world events provide emotional shocks that are at least as strong as what can ethically be induced under laboratory conditions. However, we also find that most previous quasi-field experiment st

SUBMITTER: Bhanot SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7744061 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature