PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Frequency-Dependent Selection, Snowdrift, Energy Policy And Conservation Act
10 Dec 2018
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How will you know is the observer believes it: the high costs of dishonestly, dishonest signaler, costs are high enough so it"s not worth it for dishonest signaler. Answer cooperation sometimes pays off: cooperation allows us to assess how costs and benefits, in terms of evolutionary fitness, influence the circumstances under which cooperation exists, selfish cooperation occurs when cooperators receive immediate selfish benefits. Who"s watching: people are nicer when they are observed, dictator game, participation in energy conservation program people are more likely to conserve energy when they are being observed, more cooperation when observed than we anonymous. Reputation: gain reputation, maintain our current relations, minus some costs, nothing changes because you weren"t observed, minus some cost, get caught- lose reputation, risk losing good relations, no cost takes advantage of opportunities to cheat. #3 which is much more costly: especially in environments where anonymity is rare.
