PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stanford Prison Experiment, Reciprocal Altruism, Fundamental Attribution Error
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Tud(cid:455) of ho(cid:449) people i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e othe(cid:396)s", (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396), (cid:271)eliefs, a(cid:374)d attitudes. We tend to think others are vulnerable to social influence. We tend to underestimate the impact of the social influence on our behavior. Predisposed to forming intimate interpersonal networks that are only so large. Only species forming groups outside of kinship. Later repaid by beneficiary when doing something for someone else. Cost of act must be lower than the benefit of act. Must be able to recognize each other so they can reciprocate. Must reencounter individual to have chance for reciprocation. Unlike kin selection, rare in animal kingdom. Theory of mind- predict the intents of others. Max reciprocal gain, minimize free riding loses. Mechanisms- to predict intents of humans if whether they will reciprocate. People (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it a(cid:272)ts (cid:449)ho (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:396)epaid di(cid:396)e(cid:272)tl(cid:455) Makes others more likely to cooperate in future. Help others because we feel their empathy toward them. In any given population there are co-existing cooperative strategies.
