Constructing a model of the emergence of sanctioning behavior: introducing the difference of social structre

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590139
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Health Sciences University of Hokkaido (2016); Kumamoto Gakuen University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Mashima Rie 北海道医療大学, 心理科学部, 講師 (30509162)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的ジレンマ / 協力 / サンクション / 罰 / 報酬

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted laboratory experiments of social dilemma with sanctioning stage. In our experiments, the variation of sanctioning option available was manipulated as a between participant factor. The results of our experiments revealed the possibility that a certain number of people have a tendency to engage in altruistic punishment even when other types of sanctioning are possible. Moreover, our results suggested the possibility that not only altruistic punishment but also altruistic rewarding based on indirect reciprocity can be adaptive basis of mutual cooperation in social dilemma.

Free Research Field

心理学・社会心理学