PSY 544 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 P3
• Specialized cheater-detection abilities
• Some studies seem to show that we might even be able to predict who will cheat us.
• Reed et al. (2012)
• This second study highlights a couple of other cues, In this study people were actually
asked to be involved in some kind of trade. In the previous study it didn't involving giving
away the money to the participants themselves but in this study people are asked who will
cheat them and not just cheat in general but rather to people have the ability to predict
when interacting with others
• In this study they asked participants who didn't know each other and are asked to play a
one-off cooperation game with each other and it's fairly simple to the type of cooperation
game that we started this topic with - the participants choice was simply whether I
cooperate with the other person or should I cheat - if both cooperate the gain is 4 dollars
for each person. If both cheat the pay off is only 2 dollars for each, however if you
cooperate and the other person cheats then you get nothing and the other person gets 6
dollars and vice person
• If this one-off game, it's to your advantage to cheat because if you cheat and the other
cooperates you get 6 but if both cooperate you get 4 and if you cooperate and the other
cheats then you get nothing
• Before playing the game the participants are given a 10 min period to get to know each
other and they are told that in the process of getting to know each other try to acquire
information that will relevant to the game you will pay of cooperation. There weren't any
restrictions over what they could talk about or discuss and they were permitted to make a
deal with one another about their move and that is in fact what a large number of people
in this study did - they were told about the game before given the 10 mins to talk to each
other and then a lot of people discussed and decided to cooperate so now it's about when
people say they will cooperate, will they actually cooperate. They were video recorded
during that 10 min acquaintance period and then they were asked to predict what you
think your partner will do - will they cooperate or cheat -
• Asked participants (who did not know each other) to a one-off cooperation game
with each other.
•
• Specialized cheater-detection abilities
• Some studies seem to show that we might even be able to predict who will cheat us.
• Reed et al. (2012)
• Asked participants (who did not know each other) to a one-off cooperation game
with each other.
• Each pair of participants was given a 10-minute “acquaintance period” before
playing the game.
• No restrictions on the topics they could discuss. Told to try to gain information
relevant to playing the game. Promises were permitted.
• Videoed during that period, then asked to predict the partner’s response. Finally,
they played.
• Specialized cheater-detection abilities
• Some studies seem to show that we might even be able to predict who will cheat us.
• Reed et al. (2012)
• 77.8% of participants promised to cooperate; the other 22.2% made no statement of
intent.
•
• Specialized cheater-detection abilities
• Some studies seem to show that we might even be able to predict who will cheat us.
• Reed et al. (2012)
• 77.8% of participants promised to cooperate; the other 22.2% made no statement of
intent.
• When people said they would cooperate, that was a pretty good sign that they
would, since 78.8% of people who said they would cooperate, did so.
• Results showed that 77.8% of participants promised to cooperate with one another and
the other didn't talk about their moves
Document Summary
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