Book chapter
Determinants of Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
The Oxford Handbook of Prosocial Behavior
Oxford Library of Psychology, Oxford University Press
05/01/2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/121412
Abstract
The author reviews the factors that influence people to act prosocially in a social dilemma, which is a situation in which there is not only a personal disincentive to be group-regarding but also a strong incentive to take advantage of the helpful actions of others. Our focus, then, is on the phenomena that steer people away from these temptations and toward acting for the good of the group, a behavior that happens far more frequently than rational models predict. The author looks at the individual, motivational, and situational influences on cooperative social dilemma choice and introduces some biological correlates that may also have influential properties. He finishes by speculating on how the data from these different perspectives might be tied together into a more comprehensive model than currently exists.
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- Title
- Determinants of Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
- Creators
- Craig D Parks - Washington State University
- Contributors
- William G Graziano (Editor) - William G. Graziano, Department of Psychology, Purdue UniversityDavid A Schroeder (Editor) - David A. Schroeder, Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of Prosocial Behavior
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Series
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Identifiers
- 99900631433101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter