article: why hate the good guy?

Question 1

relevance of the article

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• deals with competitive behavior in cooperation

- aims to underline the different strategies used in cooperation to get chosen by a social partner

Question 2

background info

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• choice of social partner is influenced by their level cooperation
• to attract partners ourselves, we either:
• increase our own cooperation
• or decrease other’s cooperation

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moralistic punishment

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for non cooperative individuals

-by cooperative individuals

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antisocial punishment

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• for highly cooperative individuals

- by lower cooperators

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do gooder derogation

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• for high cooperative/helping people

- by lower cooperators

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why do we punish good cooperators?

theory of normative conformity

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-punishment for norm-deviators

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why do we punish good cooperators?

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• biological-market theory (barclay)
• we favor most benefiting partners for cooperative interaction
• punishment for high cooperators

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methods

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• 117 canadian university students
• public goods game
• 2 conditions:
• experimental condition: biological markets , PGG included an observer , trust game

-control condition

• post experimental survey
• competition vs cooperation?
• 6 items of the cooperative and competitive personality scale

Question 9

findings

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• average moralistic punishment
• average antisocial punishment
• average contribution (out of 10)

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post - experimental survey

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Question 11

conclusion

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• antisocial punishment can be used by low cooperators to avoid a ‘bad’ reputation by comparison to high cooperators
• antisocial punishment is especially high in situations involving competition or inequality
• the study results are applicable to any social dilemma or cooperative situation

Question 12

limitations

Answer 12

• laboratory study

- in real world, punishment is used in a subtle and indirect manner