Effects of experimental situation on group cooperation and individual performance: Comparing laboratory and online experiments.

ABSTRACT: With the spread of online behavioral experiments, estimating the effects of experimental situations and sample heterogeneity is increasing in discussions of the generalizability of data. In this study, we examined how the experimental situations (laboratory/online) affected group cooperation and individual performances. The participants were Japanese university students, randomly assigned to laboratory or online experiments. For the group cooperation task, they were asked to perform the public goods game with or without punishment, but no effect of the experimental situation was found both for cooperative and punitive behaviors. For the individual tasks, participants were asked to perform tasks including a creative task and a dull task. We manipulated the presence or absence of an external

SUBMITTER: Ozono H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020741 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature