Psychology
3 years ago

Close relationships and group membership influence voluntary blame-taking behavior.

Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Will you confess to what I did? Close relationships and in‐group membership facilitate voluntary blame‐taking
Jennifer Maria Schell‐Leugers, Teresa Schneider, Réka Gyenis, Christina Leuker, Melanie Sauerland

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The article explores why people sometimes take the blame for something they didn't do. The researchers found that people are more likely to confess to a wrongdoing if they have a close relationship with the person involved or if they belong to the same group. In one experiment, participants were more willing to take the blame for a friend than for a stranger. In another experiment, participants were more likely to take the blame if they shared the same group as the person in need. The main reasons for taking the blame were reciprocity and empathy.