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Internet Experiment on Punishment Behavior

Internet Experiment on Punishment Behavior. Toshio Yamagishi Karen S. Cook Shigeru Terai Coye V. Cheshire. Purpose. Examining whether people cooperate more with in-group members than with out-group members.

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Internet Experiment on Punishment Behavior

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  1. Internet Experiment onPunishment Behavior Toshio Yamagishi Karen S. Cook Shigeru Terai Coye V. Cheshire

  2. Purpose • Examining whether people cooperate more with in-group members than with out-group members. • Examining whether people overlook more in-group members than out-group members to punish non-cooperative behavior.

  3. Task • 4 Japanese and 4 Americans participants. • Each participants choose 1 person from 7 person to give his/her money to, and decide how much money to give. • Each participants choose another person to overlook his/her giving behavior, and decide how much money to pay for punishing the overlooked person.

  4. Results • American participants did not statistically significantly chose more in-group members than out-group ones to give money to, and chose more in-group members than out-group ones to overlook his/her giving behavior. • Japanese participants chose more out-group members than in-group members to give money to, and chose more in-group members than out-group ones to overlook.

  5. People punish non-cooperators

  6. Conclusion • General conclusion: People punish in-group non-cooperators. • My conclusion: In order to make it in international study, it is the MOST important to establish good partnership among experimenters.

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