Experiment on the influence of cooperative relationships on justice evaluations

The goal of this experiment was to investigate the influence of cooperative relations on equality preferences. Experimental conditions were (1) presence / no presence of another person in the lab. (2) A priming (Scrambled Sentence Test) in which the experimental group should be primed towards cooperation with keywords. The inequality aversion was measured with a factorial survey. Within that module the respondents had to judge the justice of income of fictious persons persons and assign them a from their point of view just income. The experiments were realized in the winter term 2011/12 at Bielefeld university. Theoretical framework: Goal Framing Theory Purpose: The purpose of this study was to give insights to the influence that third persons have on the justice evaluations of respondents. Key Findings: Presence of other persons (interviewer) and priming towards cooperation lead to inequality aversion.