Metacognition of intra-individual fluctuation in cheating or dishonest behaviour

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As part of our study, "The Day of the Week and Time of Day Effects on Cheating and Dishonest Behavior," we are investigating how dishonest or cheating behaviour fluctuates throughout the week and day. To observe such socially undesirable behavior, we need to avoid relying solely on self-perception, which was the focus of our previous study. In this study, we aim to do the opposite: measuring self-perception of participants own behaviour and observing whether people recognise and accurately assess their susceptibility to temporal fluctuations and how these fluctuations impact their dishonest behaviour. Previous studies have examined the "bias blind spot," which refers to the tendency of people to underestimate their own susceptibility to bias compared to that of others (Pronin, Lin, and Ross, 2002). Few studies have explored how individuals misunderstand and misestimate the role that the environment (time and location) plays in their own behaviour. Our study aims to answer two key questions: Are we aware of our susceptibility to three specific factors: day of the week, time of day, and location? Do we accurately appraise how much these factors influence us, particularly in terms of our cheating or lying behaviour?