Contemporary Psychological Research on Social Dilemmas

by Edited by Ramzi Suleiman , David V. Budescu , Ilan Fischer , David M. Messick

• ISBN13: 9780521369916
• ISBN10: 0521369916
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-21
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book provides an overview of the state of social psychological research on social dilemmas, or situations in which the interests of the collective and its individual members clash. A wide variety of methodological and theoretical approaches are organized around four core issues: individual differences in preferences for outcomes promoting individual or collective well being; dynamic processes in large-scale dilemmas; special problems emerging in inter-group conflicts; and the effect of uncertainty on behavior in social dilemmas.

Table of Contents

Preface

Individual Differences in Social Dilemmas

From generosity to aggression: five interpersonal orientations relevant to social dilemmas

Effects of risk preferences in social dilemmas: a game theoretical analysis and evidence from two experiments

Risk preference as a predictor of cooperation in a social dilemma

Measurements and effects of social value orientation in social dilemmas: a review

Are people in a collective society truly cooperative? The interaction of social orientation and the fate of matrix-society: a simulation study

Dynamical Aspects of Social Dilemmas

The dynamics of trust and trustworthiness in large groups: a computer simulation

Stylized solutions for environmental dilemmas in a cellular world

Freedom of movement: a strategic analysis of social dilemmas with the option to move

The emergence of tit for tat strategies

Social Dilemmas in Inter-group Conflicts

Cooperation in intergroup social dilemmas

Do democracies breed chickens?

Ingroup cooperation and the social exchange heuristic

Leadership in intergroup social dilemmas: accountability, partnership and the public good

Uncertainty and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

What we know (and do not know) about the effects of uncertainty on behavior in social dilemmas

Explaining apparent altruism in terms of egoistic incentives: not so fast, please

Dependence and cooperation in fuzzy dilemmas: the effects of environmental and endowment uncertainty

Asymmetrical access to information in social dilemmas with resource uncertainty

The interplay between environmental and social uncertainty in social dilemmas

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