solving social dilemma through concentrated punishment by a leader

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25885057
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: OZONO Hiroki 鹿児島大学, 法文学部, 准教授 (50709467)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的ジレンマ / 罰 / 制度 / リーダーシップ / 協力 / 公共財問題 / 集権

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We studied whether and how group cooperation would be achieved by concentration of support for one individual and by the punishment executed by the individual to non-cooperators and non-supporters in laboratory experiments. As a result, we rarely observed the concentration of support even if participants were in the situation where concentration will lead their group to more profits. These results mean that people tend to reject to transferring their power. We suggested that the rejection is one of the inhibiting factor to centralization of human society.

Free Research Field

社会心理学