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Prosocials prefer equal outcomes to maximizing joint outcome
University of Skövde, School of Technology and Society.
Göteborg University, Sweden.
2006 (English)In: British Journal of Social Psychology, ISSN 0144-6665, E-ISSN 2044-8309, Vol. 45, no 2, p. 321-337Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Existing theories of social value orientations posit that prosocials maximize joint outcomes whereas proselfs maximize outcomes to themselves. Three studies employing a total of 157 undergraduates were conducted to test the alternative hypothesis that prosocials prefer equal outcomes to maximizing joint outcome. In study 1 participants completed the Triple-Dominance Measure of Social Values in which a fourth alternative that distributed the largest joint outcome unequally was added to the alternative that distributed the outcomes equally. In accordance with the hypothesis, prosocials preferred the equal-outcome alternative to the joint-outcome alternative. Study 2 confirmed and extended these results by demonstrating that prosocials preferred equal outcomes to larger joint outcomes that were unequally distributed but provided both with larger outcomes. Study 3 demonstrated that in a modified prisoner's dilemma game, a preference for equal outcomes to a larger joint outcome resulted in that prosocials cooperated when they believed or knew that the other cooperated, and defected when they believed or knew that the other defected.

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British Psychological Society , 2006. Vol. 45, no 2, p. 321-337
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-1979DOI: 10.1348/014466605X52290ISI: 000238910200006PubMedID: 16762104Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-33746042519OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-1979DiVA, id: diva2:32255
Available from: 2008-04-18 Created: 2008-04-18 Last updated: 2017-12-12Bibliographically approved

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