Cost and Dependency as Determinants of Helping and Exploitation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles L Gruder (Department of Psychology Universtiy of Illinois at Chicago Circle, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473-485 |
| Publication date | 1974-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200277401800306 |
| OpenAlex | W2140754698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
An experiment in a naturalistic setting investigated the effects of the cost of helping and the dependency and need of a recipient on whether she was helped or exploited. There were 2 levels each (high and low) of cost, dependency, and need. Forty-eight male subjects, 24 at each level of cost, interacted with each of four female experimental confederates who represented different combinations of levels of dependency and need. Subjects role-played a job applicant, and each dyad bargained over an hourly wage agreement. The extent to which the subject helped or exploited the confederate was defined as correlated with the wage at which he agreed to be hired: the higher his wage, the less the help or the greater the exploitation. The primary result, as in Schaps' (1972) study, was a cost by dependency interaction. However, while Schaps' interaction was primarily due to greater help given to the highly dependent other under low cost, the present interaction was primarily due to greater exploitation of the highly dependent other under high cost. Possible reasons for this divergence are discussed
Business · Demographic economics · Dependency (UML · Dyad · Economics · Labour economics · Wage · Computer Science · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology
Group cohesiveness, social norms, and bystander intervention.
Benefactor's sex and nurturance need, recipient's dependency, and the effect of number of potential helpers on helping behavior 1
Reactions to help
A person–situation approach to altruistic behavior
Dependency and fault as determinants of helping
The Social Psychology of Groups
Altruism
Dependence and Cooperation
Cost, dependency, and helping
Affecting the salience of the social responsibility norm
The effectiveness of pacifist strategies in bargaining games
Pacifist bargaining tactics
Elicitation of Cooperation by Retaliatory and Nonretaliatory Strategies in a Mixed-Motive Game
Alternative cooperative strategies in a bargaining game
Elicitation of moral obligation and self-sacrificing behavior
Reciprocity and responsibility reactions to prior help
The power of dependence
Responsibility and dependency
On the Cost of Being a Negro
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 1986 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |