Individual differences in cooperative and competitive play strategies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cooperation and competition are common in social interactions. It is not clear how individual differences in personality may predict performance strategies under these two contexts. We evaluated whether instructions to play cooperatively and competitively would differentially affect dyads playing a Pong video game. We hypothesized that instructions to play cooperatively would result in lower overall points scored and differences in paddle control kinematics relative to when participants were instructed to play competitively. We also predicted that higher scores in prosociality and Sportspersonship would be related to better performance during cooperative than competitive conditions.

Methods

Pairs of participants played a Pong video game under cooperative and com

SUBMITTER: Hauge TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10635547 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature