Symmetry and the Illusion of Control as Bases for Cooperative Behavior

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5917387
AutoresJ Goldberg (0000-0002-3459-1545, autor correspondente), Lívia Markoczy (A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California Riverside), Ĺıvia Markóczy (0000-0002-0955-3782, University of California, Riverside), G Lawrence Zahn (A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California Riverside)
Ano2005
Volume17
Fascículo2
Páginas243-270
Data de publicação2005-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRationality and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1043-4631 • E-ISSN: 1461-7358
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1043463105055431
OpenAlexW2057328578
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas35

The existence of cooperation in the face of temptation to free ride requires explanation. We discuss two psychological phenomena, 'symmetry' and 'the illusion of control,' which we believe underlie the 'what if everyone acted that way' type of reasoning used in some types of cooperation. We provide a simple model of how these lead to cooperation. We also show how some bizarre causal beliefs, such as effect preceding cause, can follow from these phenomena. We look at some existing evidence for these phenomena and report on our studies which support the model

Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Illusion · Illusion of control · Temptation · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence