Cooperation and coordination by individuals in groups in a social dilemma

Poonam Arora, Dave Krantz
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In the context of social dilemmas, connecting to the group influences one’s willingness to give up individual gain for the larger group gain.  One’s affiliation with another person also making similar decisions impacts the goals that are salient during the decision process and thus creates an intrinsic motivation to cooperate, even at the cost of reduced monetary payoffs.  This research extends previous findings to include the effects affiliation has in relation to a norm on intentions and cooperation in prosocial behavior.  Participants take a survey with the option to invest actual temporal resources. This research extends previous findings to include: the effects affiliation has in relation to a norm on intentions and cooperation in prosocial behavior.

CRED2 Award (2010-2015): Funding was provided under the cooperative agreement NSF SES-0951516 awarded to the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions; CRED1 Award (2005-2010): Funding was also provided under the cooperative agreement NSF SES-0345840 awarded to the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions.