ABSTRACT

Two field studies investigated people’s inferences about the honesty or deceptiveness of two Korean artists whose work may or may not have been forged. Based on the projective motive model from truth-default theory, it was anticipated that judgments of honesty would be impacted by people’s perceptions of the artist’s apparent motive for lying. The results of both studies were consistent with the importance of apparent motives. The role of internal attributions was also assessed for veracity judgment. Internal attributions may be more common as explanations for honesty than deception. The data provide additional evidence of the cross-cultural applicability of truth-default theory.

摘要

两项实地研究调查了人们对两位韩国艺术​​家的诚实或欺骗性的推断，他们的作品可能是伪造的，也可能不是伪造的。基于真实默认理论的投射动机模型，人们对艺术家撒谎的明显动机的看法会影响对诚实的判断。两项研究的结果都与明显动机的重要性一致。内部归因的作用也被评估为真实性判断。内部归因作为诚实的解释可能比欺骗更常见。这些数据提供了额外的证据，证明了真理默认理论的跨文化适用性。