PSYB10H3 Study Guide - Prosocial Behavior, Normative Social Influence, Social Exchange Theory
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Co-operative dilemmas = situations where the most beneficial action for an individual will be harmful for the collective group: escalation of conflict = interpersonal conflict feeds itself and escalates if one side does not begin concession. People reliably tend to take more than their share. Anchoring and adjustment heuristic: desired share is used as an anchor, do not sufficiently adjust down. Size of commons is not readily estimable. Both the size of the common and the group that is sharing it are easily determined. The size of an equal share is explicitly stated: prisoner"s dilemma = a situation where two people must make a collectively- dependent decision without knowing the other person"s decision. Strategies that maximizes person outcomes (ex: gain most money) in multi-stage prisoner"s dilemmas: Then mirror opponent"s response: defect as soon as opponent defects, continue defecting until they cooperate, then cooperate. If you know when game is about to end: defect on last trial.