The survival of a cooperative tradition in the intergroup discontinuity context |
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Authors: | John Schopler Chester A Insko David Currey Shannon Smith Donna Brazil Toija Riggins Lowell Gaertner Shelley Kilpatrick |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, 27599-3270 Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
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Abstract: | Interindividual-intergroup discontinuity is the tendency, in mixed-motive situations, for groups to interact more competitively,
or less cooperatively, than individuals, even though mutual competition yields worse results that mutual cooperation. The
present laboratory experiment attempted to assess whether the discontinuity effect could be reduced by the establishment of
an intergroup cooperative tradition. Cooperation between intact pairs of groups was induced by placing in each group confederates
who successfully convinced their fellow group members of the long-term advantage of trust and cooperation. On subsequent blocks
of trails, the confederate was replaced by an actual subject, and then each of the original subjects was replaced so as to
simulate generational turnover. By the time all initial members were replaced, their level of cooperation had eroded to the
level of groups never experiencing mutual cooperation. The results are discussed in the context of other means of reducing
discontinuity.
This research was supported by National Science Foundation grants (BNS-9007414 and SBR-9408760) to John Schopler and Chester
A. Insko. |
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