Interactions between personality and institutions in cooperative behaviour in humans.

ABSTRACT: Laboratory attempts to identify relationships between personality and cooperative behaviour in humans have generated inconsistent results. This may partially stem from different practices in psychology and economics laboratories, with both hypothetical players and incentives typical only in the former. Another possible cause is insufficient consideration of the contexts within which social dilemmas occur. Real social dilemmas are often governed by institutions that change the payoff structure via rewards and punishments. However, such 'strong situations' will not necessarily suppress the effects of personality. On the contrary, they may affect some personalities differentially. Extraversion and neuroticism, reflecting variation in reward and punishment sensitivity, should predict modificat

SUBMITTER: Schroeder KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4633847 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature