ISBN:
0199300755
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9780199300754
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Series in Human Cooperation Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Reward and punishment in social dilemmas
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Reward (Psychology)
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Cooperativeness
;
Social interaction
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Incentive (Psychology)
;
Punishment
;
Cooperativeness
;
Incentive (Psychology)
;
Punishment
;
Reward (Psychology)
;
Social interaction
;
Electronic books
;
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Abstract:
One of the key scientific challenges is the puzzle of human cooperation. Why do people cooperate? Why do people help strangers, even sometimes at a major cost to themselves? Why do people want to punish others who violate norms and undermine collective interests? Reward and punishment is a classic theme in research on social dilemmas. More recently, it has received considerable attention from scientists working in various disciplines such as economics, neuroscience, and psychology. We know now that reward and punishment can promote cooperation in so-called public good dilemmas, where people ne
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Reward and Punishment in Social Dilemmas""; ""Series""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Reward and Punishment in Social Dilemmas: An Introduction""; ""PART ONE The Workings of Reward and Punishment""; ""2 When Punishment Supports Cooperation: Insights from Voluntary Contribution Experiments*""; ""3 How (and When) Reward and Punishment Promote Cooperation: An Interdependence Theoretical Perspective""; ""4 Regulating the Regulation: Norms about Punishment""; ""5 For the Common Good? The Use of Sanctions in Social Dilemmas""
Description / Table of Contents:
""PART TWO The Organization of Reward and Punishment""""6 Promoting Cooperation: The Distribution of Reward and Punishment Power""; ""7 Broadening the Motivation to Cooperate: Revisiting the Role of Sanctions in Social Dilemmas""; ""8 Leadership, Reward and Punishment in Sequential Public Goods Experiments""; ""PART THREE The Functions of Reward and Punishment In Society""; ""9 Social Decision-making in Childhood and Adolescence""; ""10 Why Sanction? Functional Causes of Punishment and Reward""; ""11 Self-governance Through Altruistic Punishment?""
Description / Table of Contents:
""12 Beyond Kin: Cooperation in a Tribal Society""""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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