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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction
Contributor:
Ariely, Dan;
Norton, Michael I.
Published:
Blackwell Publishers, 2007
Published in:
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16 (2007) 6, Seite 336-339
Language:
English
ISSN:
0963-7214
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>Experimental economics and social psychology share an interest in a widening subset of topics, relying on similar lab-based methods to address similar questions about human behavior, yet dialogue between the two fields remains in its infancy. We propose a framework for understanding this disconnect: The different approaches the disciplines take to translating real-world behavior into the laboratory create a "gap in abstraction," which contributes to crucial differences in philosophy about the roles of deception and incentives in experiments and limits cross-pollination. We review two areas of common interest--altruism and group-based discrimination--which demonstrate this gap yet also reveal ways in which the two approaches might be seen as complementary rather than contradictory.</p>