PSYCH 217 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chromosome, Dictator Game, Discrete Event Simulation

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 217
• Professor: Brian Lickel

Document Summary

Human social coordination requires a lot of trust. We ask people for investments all the time: their time, their social capital and connections, their financial help, their commitment to forgo other relationships. When there"s a breakdown in trust and cooperation, there is deception. We give investments in people that give trust in others. Because most people are cooperative, it is smart to be cooperative to increase our joint rewards . Because most people are cooperative, i can exploit that trust for my gain : he believed trust is like an onion (lots and lots of layers) People contain both the capacity for cooperation and exploitation: truthfulness is strategic. Avoid being exploited, sometimes exploit when benefits outweigh risks . If we never exploited each other, we"d always be truthful. Psychology 217: exam 2 study guide: the norm is typical for most people to not tell the truth a significant amount of the time.