Breaking the rules : cognitive conflict during deliberate rule violations / Roland Pfister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pfister, Roland, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Logos Verlag Berlin, [2013]

Summary:

Long description: Violation of rules and norms is a common phenomenon in human societies. Whereas behavioural research has delineated situational and organizational determinants of rule violations, very little is known about the consequences of this behaviour right at the moment it takes place. The present experiments show that the mere fact of violating a rule leaves a fingerprint on the acting agent, indicating that rule representations cannot be suppressed easily. This holds true even when violations are neither sanctioned nor yield any other obvious consequences. These observations open a new perspective on rule violation behaviour, shifting the focus from predicting whether or not violations are likely to occur to the processes involved in actually performing the behaviour.

Contents:

Intro

Zusammenfassung

Summary

Part 1: Rules

1 What is a rule? From regularities to moral principles

1.1 Regularities

1.2 Social rules and norms

1.3 Laws and moral principles

2 Rules and behaviour

2.1 Power of rules: The social perspective

2.2 Rules and automaticity: The cognitive perspective

3 Mismatches of rule and behaviour

3.1 Errors

3.2 Violations

Part 2: A Basic Experimental Approach To Rule Violations

4 Experiment 1: Effects and after-effects of violating a rule

4.1 Method

4.2 Results

4.3 Discussion

5 Experiment 2: Controlling for feedback

5.1 Method

5.2 Results

5.3 Discussion

6 Experiment 3: Changing rules

6.1 Method

6.2 Results

6.3 Discussion

7 Preliminary conclusions

Part 3: Violating A Rule Changes The Way We Move

8 Experiment 4: How violations are performed

8.1 Method

8.2 Results

8.3 Discussion

9 Experiment 5: Only a matter of choice?

9.1 Method

9.2 Results

9.3 Discussion

10 Experiment 6: Hot delivery

10.1 Method

10.2 Results

10.3 Discussion

Part 4: The Electrophysiological Signature Of Rule Violations

11 Experiment 7: Of chickens, eggs, and yolk

11.1 Method

11.2 Results

11.3 Discussion

12 Experiment 8: Controlling for violation frequencies

12.1 Method

12.2 Results

12.3 Discussion

Part 5: A New Look On Rule Violations

13 Cognitive mechanisms underlying intended rule violations

13.1 Expecting the unexpectable: The motivational conflict hypothesis

13.2 Unaccepting the unacceptable: The negation hypothesis

14 Related phenomena: A dishonest detour

15 What makes a good rule-breaker?

Concluding Remarks

Appendices

Image Sources

References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

PublicationDate: 20131029

ISBN:

3-8325-9644-5

OCLC:

1021803232