Retrospection in social dilemmas: how thinking about the past affects future cooperation |
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Authors: | Parks Craig D Sanna Lawrence J Posey Donelle C |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164, USA. parkscd@mail.wsu.edu |
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Abstract: | This article reports 2 studies investigating the effects of retrospective thought on future cooperation in social dilemmas. Some general theories of cooperation presume, but have not tested, whether retrospection has impact: People may think about the choices they could have made instead, realize that cooperation would have produced larger outcomes, and change their strategy as a result. Across both studies, the authors show that rate of future cooperation is directly related to the number of best-case scenarios and inversely related to the number of worst-case scenarios generated. The 2nd study also shows that the number and type of retrospective thoughts generated can be predicted from the person's social value orientation. |
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