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How do we react to feedback in social dilemmas?

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Social dilemmas depict mixed-motive situations in which personal interests and collective interests are at odds (e.g., Dawes, 1980; Komorita & Parks, 1995). In answering the question of how people deal with such conflicting motives, experimental research has used a variety of experimental games that are modeled after real-life situations. Two of the main types are the public-good dilemma and the resource dilemma. Research on social dilemmas has primarily concentrated on the provision of public goods (i.e., the public-good dilemma) and the maintenance of scarce resources (i.e., the resource dilemma). In both situations, individual and collective interests may be in conflict. In the case of public goods, people may reason that it is in the interest of the collective to provide public goods and services (e.g., Medicare or public television) but that they are personally better off if they do not contribute. The maintenance of scarce resources refers to issues like the energy problem: It is in the collective's interest to restrict consumption, but individuals may want to consume excessively. © 2008 Springer US.
Boek: New issues and paradigms in research on social dilemmas.
Pagina's: 43 - 56
ISBN:978-0-387-72595-6
Jaar van publicatie:2008