Moche, Hajdi and Karlsson, Hulda and Västfjäll, Daniel and Useche, Sergio A. (2024) Victim identifiability, number of victims, and unit asking in charitable giving. PLOS ONE, 19 (3). e0300863. ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
This study examines the identifiable victim effect (being more willing to help an identified victim than an unidentified), the singularity effect (i.e., being more willing to help a single identified victim than a group of identified victims), and unit asking (first asking donors for their willingness to donate for one unit and then asking for donations for multiple units) in charitable giving. In five studies (N = 7996), we vary the level of identifiability, singularity, and group size. We find that unit asking is making people more sensitive to the number of people in need. Further, while the level of identifiability influences affective reactions, this effect does not extend to donations and, thus, is not affected by unit asking. We do, however, find an “emotion asking effect” where asking donors to rate their affect before donating increase donation levels (compared to donors asked to rate affect after). Emotion asking was attenuated when combined with unit asking.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Science Global Plos > Biological Science |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@science.globalplos.com |
Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2024 11:05 |
Last Modified: | 05 Apr 2024 11:05 |
URI: | http://ebooks.manu2sent.com/id/eprint/2583 |