Can Lovingkindness Meditation increase Trust and Trustworthiness in Strangers?

An economic experiment


Bachelor Thesis, 2016

53 Pages, Grade: 1,0


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Contents

Acknowledgements

List of figures

List of tables

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Lovingkindness Meditation and Trust – a Literature Review
2.1. Meditation and Lovingkindness
2.2. Trust and Trustworthiness

3. Experiment – Design, Measures & Hypotheses
3.1. Research Question
3.2. Participants
3.3. Procedure
3.4. Measures of Trust, Trustworthiness and Kindness
3.5. Hypotheses about Trust, Trustworthiness, Kindness and Game Outcome
3.6. Questionnaire
3.7. Further Steps to Conduct the Experiment

4. Discussion about Limitations and Future Directions

5. Conclusion

References

Appendix

Appendix A: Mach-IV Scale

Appendix B: Instructions for the T1 Group

Appendix C: Short Stories

Appendix D: Mini-Questionnaire for T2 / C

Appendix E: Control Questions for Trust Game

Appendix F: Questionnaire

Appendix G: Instruction Sheet for T2 and C2

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Title
Can Lovingkindness Meditation increase Trust and Trustworthiness in Strangers?
Subtitle
An economic experiment
College
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)  (ECON)
Grade
1,0
Author
Year
2016
Pages
53
Catalog Number
V426992
ISBN (eBook)
9783668712249
ISBN (Book)
9783668712256
File size
1287 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Meditation, lovingkindness meditation, economical experiment, trust, Buddism, Metta, Trust games, kindness, Prosocial behavior, Trust in strangers
Quote paper
Liweilan Ma (Author), 2016, Can Lovingkindness Meditation increase Trust and Trustworthiness in Strangers?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/426992

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