Development and Validation of the Social Discounting Task: Short Form
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Published online on March 28, 2025
Abstract
Social Psychological and Personality Science, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 536-543, May 2026.
Social discounting—defined as hyperbolic reductions in generosity as social distance increases—is becoming more widely used in psychological research as an indicator of prosocial behavior and is most commonly measured by the Social Discounting Task (SDT). ...
Social discounting—defined as hyperbolic reductions in generosity as social distance increases—is becoming more widely used in psychological research as an indicator of prosocial behavior and is most commonly measured by the Social Discounting Task (SDT). ...