scholarly journals Decisions on Extending Group Membership—Evidence from a Public Good Experiment

Games ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Christian Grund ◽  
Christine Harbring ◽  
Kirsten Thommes ◽  
Katja Rebecca Tilkes
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Public Good Experiment ◽  
Group Cooperation ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Good Experiment ◽  
Random Draw ◽  
Decision Mechanisms ◽  
Group Member

We experimentally compare the consequences for group cooperation of two decision mechanisms involving the extension of group membership. We analyze an exogenous decision (random draw) and an endogenous decision (made by a particular group member) mechanism to extend a temporary agent’s group membership. Our results reveal that the prospect of group membership extension affects not only the temporary but also the permanent group members’ contributions with an endogenous mechanism.

scholarly journals Intergroup Discrimination in Cooperation Among Moral and Non-Moral Groups

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Hirotaka Imada ◽  
Daniel Codd ◽  
Daqing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Group Membership ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Group Cooperation ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Group Member

In-group favouritism is ubiquitous and previous studies have consistently found that individuals cooperate more with in-group members than out-group members in diverse contexts. Yet, there has not been much research on the role of the nature of groups in intergroup cooperation. A recent study found stronger levels of in-group favouritism amongst groups formed on the basis of shared moral values. However, it remained unclear whether the increased favouritism was caused by a greater tendency to act favourably towards the in-group or derogatorily towards the out-group. The present study thus investigated intergroup cooperation among morality-based and non-morality-based groups and examined the levels of cooperation with an in-group member and an out-group member as compared to a person whose group membership was unknown. Regardless of how groups were formed, in-group favouritism was present, while out-group derogation was absent. Furthermore, we found that the shared morality promoted in-group cooperation indirectly via low perceived out-group warmth. Our study provides further evidence that in-group favouring behaviour does not include derogating out-groups and points to the importance of further investigation into the role of the shared morality in intergroup cooperation.

scholarly journals Decisions on Extending Group Membership: Evidence from a Public Good Experiment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Grund ◽  
Christine Harbring ◽  
Kirsten Thommes ◽  
Katja Tilkes
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Public Good Experiment ◽  
Good Experiment

Social cohesion in Rwanda: Results from a public good experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-586
Author(s):  
Jesper Stage ◽  
Claudine Uwera
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Public Good Experiment ◽  
Good Experiment

scholarly journals Public good experiment data of a water game framed to Rajasthan/India

Data in Brief ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 104556
Author(s):  
Thomas Falk ◽  
Shalander Kumar ◽  
Srinivasa Srigiri
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Experiment Data ◽  
Public Good Experiment ◽  
Good Experiment

scholarly journals The influence of cooperation and competition on preschoolers' prosociality toward in-group and out-group members

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 202171
Author(s):  
Theo Toppe ◽  
Susanne Hardecker ◽  
Franca Zerres ◽  
Daniel B. M. Haun
Keyword(s):  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Children’S Behaviour ◽  
Prosocial Behaviours ◽  
Group Member

Past research suggests that children favour their in-group members over out-group members as indicated by selective prosociality such as sharing or social inclusion. This preregistered study examined how playing a cooperative, competitive or solitary game influences German 4- to 6-year-olds’ in-group bias and their general willingness to act prosocially, independent of the recipient's group membership ( N = 144). After playing the game, experimenters introduced minimal groups and assessed children's sharing with an in-group and an out-group member as well as their social inclusion of an out-group member into an in-group interaction. Furthermore, we assessed children's physical engagement and parents' social dominance orientation (SDO)—a scale indicating the preference for inequality among social groups—to learn more about inter-individual differences in children's prosocial behaviours. Results suggest that children showed a stronger physical engagement while playing competitively as compared with cooperatively or alone. The different gaming contexts did not impact children's subsequent in-group bias or general willingness to act prosocially. Parental SDO was not linked to children's prosocial behaviours. These results indicate that competition can immediately affect children's behaviour while playing but raise doubt on the importance of cooperative and competitive play for children's subsequent intergroup and prosocial behaviour.

scholarly journals Beware of Broken Windows! First Impressions in Public-Good Experiment

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Beckenkamp ◽  
Christoph Engel ◽  
Andreas Glöckner ◽  
Bernd Irlenbusch ◽  
Heike Hennig-Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
First Impressions ◽  
Broken Windows ◽  
Public Good Experiment ◽  
Good Experiment

Verbal Feedback in a Public Good Experiment

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Pelloux ◽  
Jean-Louis Rulliere ◽  
Frans van Winden
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Verbal Feedback ◽  
Public Good Experiment ◽  
Good Experiment

scholarly journals The trade-off between welfare and equality in a public good experiment

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agathe Rouaix ◽  
Charles Figuières ◽  
Marc Willinger
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Public Good Experiment ◽  
Good Experiment
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