Understanding tactical responses to social problems through the lens of regulatory scope

Understanding tactical responses to social problems through the lens of regulatory scope Brown Craig

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Understanding tactical responses to social problems through the lens of regulatory scope 2023 Nature Reviews Psychology 10.1038/s44159-023-00184-x Brown2023-understanding-tactical-responses-to-social-p Brown2023-understanding-tactical-responses-to-social-p.txt, the project's staged copy 9c390121a9f563e7ee925848d3a969049c2aea00 not-redistributable social-psychology

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0 spans located by searching the stored text for the quote's exact words, allowing any whitespace between them prediction Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. choice between cause-focused and consequence-focused responses to social problems Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. review review Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. mechanisms Features of a social problem contract or expand regulatory scope, and the width of scope then determines whether the solution pursued targets consequences or causes status: the paper's own words: We propose that Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. mechanisms Where an emotion is aimed (at affected individuals versus at the system) narrows or widens scope, which in turn channels action towards relief or towards structural change Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The proposed model as a whole has not been empirically tested; only some of its paths have prior support. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The intergroup studies cited as support did not actually measure expanded scope as the mediating mechanism. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. Regulatory scope is only one of several possible mechanisms driving social action. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The five features analysed are illustrative rather than an exhaustive set of scope-modulating features. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The feasibility-versus-desirability prediction is offered as plausible reasoning that still requires empirical test. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The framework sorts the same actions by a different principle from the frameworks it replaces. what this limits: any comparison between this framework's categories and earlier ones: existing frameworks categorise the actions themselves while this one categorises by the aims of the action, so the two sort the same behaviour differently Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. Two adjacent constructs are distinguished in one sentence, and the theory depends on keeping them apart. what this limits: any claim here about scope: the authors distinguish it from psychological distance, which is the distance between a person and a mental object, whereas scope is the span and breadth of possibilities considered Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The paper is a Perspective that draws two existing theories together rather than reporting a study. what this limits: the status of the account given here: it is a Perspective drawing on regulatory scope theory and construal level theory Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. regulatory scope regulatory scope Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. construal level construal level Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. psychological distance psychological distance Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. social action social action Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. scope scope Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. scope versus psychological distance - TWO CONSTRUCTS ROUTINELY CONFLATED, SEPARATED HERE IN ONE SENTENCE: distance is how far a mental object is from the person, scope is how wide a range of possibilities they are considering, and the theory's predictions turn on the second not the first Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. the framework - CARVED BY AIMS RATHER THAN BY ACTIONS: prior schemes classify what people do, this one classifies what they are trying to achieve, so a given act of protest or donation can land in different categories under the two schemes Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. construal level - AS THE INSTRUMENT FOR MOVING SCOPE: described as the most studied tool for modulating scope, with the abstract expanding it and the concrete contracting it, so a study that manipulates construal is manipulating scope only through that link Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. builds-on → construal level theory and regulatory scope theory Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. psychological distance —distinct-from→ scope psychological distance scope differs in: THE AXIS IS WHAT EACH CONSTRUCT IS A DISTANCE OR SPAN OF, AND BOTH DEFINITIONS ARE GIVEN. 'whereas psychological distance refers to the distance between a person and a mental object, Quotation withheld.' A paper distinguishing two of its own constructs by defining each - the cleanest form this field takes, and rare. · strength of the relation: 1 Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. construal level —part-of→ regulatory scope construal level regulatory scope strength of the relation: 1 Audit 2026-09-28: DOUBTFUL - read against its full span and kept, but regulatory scope theory EXPANDS ON construal level theory; part-of is loose. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The paper's central proposal is that a proximal or lower-level focus pushes people towards solutions that relieve suffering, while a distal or higher-level focus pushes them towards solutions that attack the problem's causes. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The framework names five specific features of a social problem that are proposed to expand or contract scope and thereby steer which kind of solution is chosen. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The relation between construal features and chosen solutions is claimed to run in both directions: acting on consequences itself pulls attention to the present, while acting on causes pulls attention to the future. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The authors flag the emotion-target pathway as an untested, novel prediction generated by their framework rather than an established result. Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. The authors suggest that if people mostly pursue consequence-focused actions, for feasibility or short-term reward, the root cause remains and the problem may persist. 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Affirmation actions Affirmation actions Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. informed actions informed actions Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. benevolence actions benevolence actions Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. activism actions activism actions Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. consequence-focused solutions consequence-focused solutions Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. cause-focused solutions cause-focused solutions Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution. 90 per cent / 10 per cent — Share of surveyed anti-poverty NGO supporters reporting consequence-focused actions (donating, fair-trade purchases) versus cause-focused actions (signing petitions), cited in support of the framework Quotation withheld because this record is not cleared for redistribution.

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