PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Pluralistic Ignorance, Prosocial Behavior, Reciprocal Altruism
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Cooperative dilemmas : situations where the most beneficial action for an individual will be harmful for the collective group. Escalation of conflict: interpersonal conflict feeds itself and escalates if one side does not begin concession. Usually conflict builds back on itself when you keep matching aggressive behavior. Somebody has to say im not going to escalate this anymore. Tragedy of the commons: a co-operative dilemma whereby you have a common set of goods that will replenish itself if it is used in moderation but disappear if overused. When we approach the commons what is my desired share? (anchor) then you recognize that everyone needs from the good so u adjust accordingly (adjustment)but most of the time you do not adjust down sufficiently. Its hard to estimate how much goods you have relative to the groups. We take our fair share when its easy to divide the common goods among the group.
