The Effects of Decision Framing and Others' Behavior on Cooperation in a Social Dilemma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John A Fleishman (Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 162-180 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| 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 Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002788032001008 |
| OpenAlex | W2153358974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 30 |
In a decision situation, the choice alternatives can be described, or framed, with respect to different reference points, such as gains or losses. This study investigates the effects of decision framing in a social dilemma. Subjects, in groups of four or five persons, participated in a simulated social dilemma. Two factors were manipulated: decision framing (either in terms of giving to a collective good or taking from a collective good), and others' behavior (whether other group members had apparently cooperated a little or a great deal on the first trial). Subjects conformed to others' behavior when they could take from a collective good, but they diffused responsibility and acted contrary to others' behavior when they could give to a public good. These results imply that models of choice behavior in social dilemmas should be expanded to include framing effects, as well as other departures from strict rationality. Moreover, the results suggest that findings from social dilemma research in which subjects can contribute to buy a public good may not be consistent with findings from studies in which subjects can take resources from a common pool
Dilemma · Economics · Epistemology · Framing (construction · Framing effect · Microeconomics · Political science · Public good · Rationality · Social dilemma · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Warm-Glow versus Cold-Prickle
Why prosocials exhibit greater cooperation than proselfs
All Frames Are Not Created Equal
The Influence of Framing on Risky Decisions
Seven Models of Framing
Gain–loss frames and cooperation in two-person social dilemmas
Comparing Public Goods with Common Pool Resources
The Critical Mass in Collective Action
Compensating Environmental Losses Versus Creating Environmental Gains
Perceived Criticality and Contributions in Public Good Dilemmas
Between-group competition enhances cooperation in resource appropriation games
Acting for the Greater Good
Applying a logic of appropriateness to understand behavioral differences between common resource dilemmas and public good dilemmas
Precommitment in Stochastic Versus Deterministic Social Dilemmas
Social Context and the Dynamics of Cooperative Choice
Outcome valence and externality valence framing in public good dilemmas
Give and take frames in shared-resource negotiations
The focusing and informational effects of norms on pro-social behavior
On the prevalence of framing effects across subject-pools in a two-person cooperation game
What’s in a frame? Goal framing, trust and reciprocity
Social value orientation and intelligence
Affective and cognitive influences in social dilemma game
Variability in the Framing of Risk Issues
Gain-loss frames and cooperation in two-person social dilemmas
The claiming effect
Decision-induced focusing in social dilemmas
Gains, losses, and cooperation in social dilemmas and collective action
Disentangling approaches to framing in conflict and negotiation research
Preferences for leadership in social dilemmas
Environmental Policy Theory Given Bounded Rationality and Other-regarding Preferences
Issue Networks, Information, and Interest Group Alliances
Prospect Theory and Soviet Policy Towards Syria, 1966-1967
The Effects of Resource Distribution, Voice, and Decision Framing on the Provision of Public Goods
Management Dilemmas and Decisions
The Role of Rivalry
Reciprocity and the tragedies of maintaining and providing the commons
The Psychology of Preferences
Social Dilemmas
Prospect Theory
The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice
The Logic of Collective Action
Choices, values, and frames
Secrecy and Solidarity
Components of reward in social dilemmas
N‐person Prisoner's Dilemma
The effects of communication, resource feedback, and identifiability on behavior in a simulated commons
A model of the N-person dilemma-type game
The actions of others as determinants of behavior in social trap situations
The effects of social motives on behavior in social dilemmas in two cultures
Experiments on the Provision of Public Goods. II. Provision Points, Stakes, Experience, and the Free-Rider Problem
Experiments on the Provision of Public Goods. I. Resources, Interest, Group Size, and the Free-Rider Problem
Effects of task difficulty and task uniqueness on social loafing
Public” Choice and Cooperation in n-Person Prisoner's Dilemma
Choice behavior in social dilemmas
Collective action as helping behavior
Individual adaptations and structural change as solutions to social dilemmas
Effects of group identity on resource use in a simulated commons dilemma
Identifiability as a deterrant to social loafing
The provision of a sanctioning system as a public good
Many hands make light the work
Behavior, communication, and assumptions about other people's behavior in a commons dilemma situation
Conflict between individual and common interest in an N-person relationship
Cooperative choice in N-person dilemma situation
| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |