How Much to Eat a Worm? Personal Perspective Influences Value

Abstract

Thorndike asked employed and unemployed volunteers how little money they would be willing to accept as compensation to suffer certain pains, deprivations, frustrations, and repulsive acts. The employed consistently demanded unreasonably more money than the unemployed. The present study attempted to account for such excessive requests by manipulating evaluator perspective: Impartial judge vs. Wronged victim. Results showed that, much like Thorndike’s employed subjects, wronged victims asked for relatively huge amounts. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.

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