Greater Emotional Gain from Giving in Older Adults: Age-Related Positivity Bias in Charitable Giving

Older adults have been shown to avoid negative and prefer positive information to a higher extent than younger adults. This positivity bias influences their information processing as well as decision-making. We investigate age-related positivity bias in charitable giving in two studies. In Study 1 w...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2016, Vol.7, p.846-846
Main Authors: Bjälkebring, Pär, Västfjäll, Daniel, Dickert, Stephan, Slovic, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
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adams dp
attention
charitable giving age
cognition
decision making
decisions
donations
emotion
experience
life-span
mechanisms
motivation
p221
Psychology
psychology and aging
Psykologi
responses
socioemotional selectivity
Sociologi
Sociology
sympathy
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