PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dictator Game, Rationality, Drosophila Melanogaster
22 Mar 2017
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The dictator gets and can give any amount to the responder. How do donations change when the experimenter knows how much the dictator donates in the. More cooperation when observed than when anonymous. Evolved mechanisms vs. conscious knowledge: gain reputation, maintain relations, minus some cost, nothing changes because you weren"t observed, minus some cost, get caught lose reputation, risk losing good relations, no cost, take advantage of opportunities to cheat. People are never 100% sure whether they"re being observed. Remember: how subtle cues of kinship influenced experimental trust decisions but subjects knew that they weren"t interacting with kin. However, facial similarity is enough to trigger the sensor. Reputation does not need to be real to work. Honour systems to pay for coffee or tea had either pictures of eyes or flowers above the donation box. Eyes shown quickly at the time of decision elicits more response than a constant stare.
