Do unbiased people act more rationally? - The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention

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Do unbiased people act more rationally? - The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention. / Izydorczak, Kamil; Dolinski, Dariusz; Genschow, Oliver et al.

In: Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 10, No. 2, 220775, 01.02.2023.

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Izydorczak, K., Dolinski, D., Genschow, O., Kulesza, W., Muniak, P., Casara, B. G. S., & Suitner, C. (2023). Do unbiased people act more rationally? - The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2), [220775]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220775

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Izydorczak K, Dolinski D, Genschow O, Kulesza W, Muniak P, Casara BGS et al. Do unbiased people act more rationally? - The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention. Royal Society Open Science. 2023 Feb 1;10(2):220775. doi: 10.1098/rsos.220775

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title = "Do unbiased people act more rationally? - The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention",
abstract = "Within different populations and at various stages of the pandemic, it has been demonstrated that individuals believe they are less likely to become infected than their average peer. This is known as comparative optimism and it has been one of the reproducible effects in social psychology. However, in previous and even the most recent studies, researchers often neglected to consider unbiased individuals and inspect the differences between biased and unbiased individuals. In a mini meta-analysis of six studies (Study 1), we discovered that unbiased individuals have lower vaccine intention than biased ones. In two pre-registered, follow-up studies, we aimed at testing the reproducibility of this phenomenon and its explanations. In Study 2 we replicated the main effect and found no evidence for differences in psychological control between biased and unbiased groups. In Study 3 we also replicated the effect and found that realists hold more centric views on the trade-offs between threats from getting vaccinated and getting ill. We discuss the interpretation and implication of our results in the context of the academic and lay-persons' views on rationality. We also put forward empirical and theoretical arguments for considering unbiased individuals as a separate phenomenon in the domain of self-others comparisons.",
keywords = "COVID-19, meta-analysis, realisms, self-others comparisons, unrealistic optimism, vaccine intention, Psychology, Business psychology",
author = "Kamil Izydorczak and Dariusz Dolinski and Oliver Genschow and Wojciech Kulesza and Pawel Muniak and Casara, {Bruno Gabriel Salvador} and Caterina Suitner",
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AU - Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador

AU - Suitner, Caterina

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