And How Would That Make You Feel? How People Expect Nudges to Influence Their Sense of Autonomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While nudges are increasingly utilized in public policy settings, their potential threat to autonomous choice is the topic of heated debate. Regardless of the actual effects of nudges on autonomy, the mere perception of nudges as autonomy threatening by the general public or policy makers could negatively influence nudge acceptability. The present online studies examined how people expect (different) nudges to affect their perception of autonomy.

Methods

In the first study (N = 455), participants were presented with a hypothetical choice that employed either a default nudge, direct persuasion, or no persuasion, to steer to the desired choice. The presented influence technique was explained before participants reported their expected autonomy, as well as thei

SUBMITTER: Wachner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7759476 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature