PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Exclusion, Normative Social Influence, High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Jennifer Wessel

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A perceived incompatibility of actions or goals. Ex: jason and anthony both want to get the top grade in the class. Ex: selena wants to hire more people, lauren wants to cut spending. Choices hat are beneficial to an individual may collectively cause problems for everyone. A situation in which self-interested pursuits by conflicting parties leads to loss of rewards for both parties. Fill in an example of a classic prisoner"s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a s(cid:272)e(cid:374)ario: Situaiton: ex: a mutually dependent situation in which individual outcomes depend on both the choices o the individual and another (or others) The experimenter has to give to you and a classmate you can ask for an even split, or for all of the money. I(cid:374) the priso(cid:374)er"s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a, people (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e less likel(cid:455) to (cid:272)ooperate if: they do not get to communicate (no trust) Both defect (try to get all the money)