PSY 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Yossarian, Joseph Heller, Making Money

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 364
• Professor: Christian Luhmann

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You write a or b on a piece of paper. If you write a, i give everyone else . If you write b, i give you . Your earnings are higher if you choose b. Reciprocity - desire to punish defection and reward cooperation. Social norms - contingent on expectations and behaviors of others. Would you like to see our country lose? major asked. There are 10 million men in uniform who could replace me. Some people are getting killed and a lot more are making money and having fun. But suppose everybody on our side felt that way. Then i"d certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way. A can give any amount to b, and that triples. B can return any amount to a. So people are unwilling to trade-off between self-interest and overall (group) utility. Overall utility should matter according if you are a utilitarian.