Stanford Psychology Podcast

01 - Jamil Zaki: Cynicism and Market Cognition

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Jul 1, 2021
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Market Cognition

  • Market cognition explores how economic marketplaces and neoliberal culture affect our minds.
  • It examines how market forces shape our relationships and prosocial behaviors like cooperation.
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Bright Side of Market Cognition

  • Markets can incentivize prosocial behavior by aligning self-interest with the greater good.
  • As market integration increases, trust generalizes, and incentives for prosocial behavior towards strangers rise.
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Dark Side of Market Cognition

  • Market cultures can create a dark side where ulterior motives for kindness obscure genuine intentions.
  • This makes it hard to build deeper human connections through prosocial behaviors.
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