Conversation and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: A Meta-Analysis of Experiments from 1958 to 1992

@article{citeulike:1105586, abstract = {This article presents an analysis of 35 years of published experiments testing decision making in prisoners' dilemmas. The objective is to begin to reconnect the theory and the evidence of rational behavior by accumulating the experience of the laboratory and examining this record for those factors that consistently altered subjects' choices. It is shown that a model of pure self-interest is usually inconsistent with the results of experimental decision making, predicting either the wrong sign, as in the case of monetary stakes, or ignoring influential variables, such as the content of instructions. This incongruity is widest with respect to the role of language in encouraging cooperation. 10.1177/1043463195007001004}, author = {Sally, David }, citeulike-article-id = {1105586}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463195007001004}, journal = {Rationality and Society}, keywords = {\_d\_conversational-strategy, behavioral-game-theory, meta-analysis}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {58--92}, posted-at = {2007-02-13 19:02:36}, priority = {3}, title = {Conversation and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: A Meta-Analysis of Experiments from 1958 to 1992}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463195007001004}, volume = {7}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1105586 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1105586 N2 - This article presents an analysis of 35 years of published experiments testing decision making in prisoners' dilemmas. The objective is to begin to reconnect the theory and the evidence of rational behavior by accumulating the experience of the laboratory and examining this record for those factors that consistently altered subjects' choices. It is shown that a model of pure self-interest is usually inconsistent with the results of experimental decision making, predicting either the wrong sign, as in the case of monetary stakes, or ignoring influential variables, such as the content of instructions. This incongruity is widest with respect to the role of language in encouraging cooperation. 10.1177/1043463195007001004 IS - 1 JF - Rationality and Society EP - 92 TI - Conversation and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: A Meta-Analysis of Experiments from 1958 to 1992 VL - 7 SP - 58 KW - _d_conversational-strategy KW - behavioral-game-theory KW - meta-analysis AU - Sally, David PY - 1995/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463195007001004 ER -