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I don't remember where I saw this, but I believe this has to do with culture. In North America what you described is true, where as in developing countries it i

by pwnna 12y ago

I don't remember where I saw this, but I believe this has to do with culture. In North America what you described is true, where as in developing countries it is not. The second person would rather just take whatever money is given and run. If someone can remind me of the name of this game I can find it..

CDRdude 12y ago
It is called the ultimatum game. Edit: I originally had this mixed up with the dictator game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimatum_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimatum_game
HaloZero 12y ago
This article talks about it at length, but doesn't really name the game though. http://www.psmag.com/magazines/magazine-feature-story-magazines/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135/ http://www.psmag.com/magazines/magazine-feature-story-magazi...
darrhiggs 12y ago
The paper is here[0]; though it's more to do with U.S. undergraduates being weird than north americans vs developing countries. [0] http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/WeirdPeople.pdf http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/WeirdPeople.pdf
nebula 12y ago
In North America what you described is true, where as in developing countries it is not. Not true. The game was conducted in "developing countries" as well, and the results seem to be same. I can't locate the references right now, but a little googling might help (Especially I remember the results being mentioned one of the TED talks.)
- thisjepisje 12y ago
  I remember at least one case where the game was played, and the person who got to choose took 9 bucks out of 10, and they all thought it was fair, simply because he was lucky to be the guy who got to choose. edit: it's in the article HaloZero links in this thread. When he began to run the game it became immediately clear that Machiguengan behavior was dramatically different from that of the average North American. To begin with, the offers from the first player were much lower. In addition, when on the receiving end of the game, the Machiguenga rarely refused even the lowest possible amount. “It just seemed ridiculous to the Machiguenga that you would reject an offer of free money,” says Henrich. “They just didn’t understand why anyone would sacrifice money to punish someone who had the good luck of getting to play the other role in the game.”
pwr22 12y ago
Very young human children have been shown an innate drive to share the rewards of a task fairly. Chimpanzees have been shown to lack this. The children didn't share when the other party wasn't involved in completing a task though, so I'm unsure if this applies here.

by pwnna 12y ago

CDRdude 12y ago

It is called the ultimatum game. Edit: I originally had this mixed up with the dictator game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimatum_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimatum_game

HaloZero 12y ago

This article talks about it at length, but doesn't really name the game though. http://www.psmag.com/magazines/magazine-feature-story-magazines/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135/ http://www.psmag.com/magazines/magazine-feature-story-magazi...

darrhiggs 12y ago

The paper is here[0]; though it's more to do with U.S. undergraduates being weird than north americans vs developing countries. [0] http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/WeirdPeople.pdf http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/WeirdPeople.pdf

nebula 12y ago

In North America what you described is true, where as in developing countries it is not. Not true. The game was conducted in "developing countries" as well, and the results seem to be same. I can't locate the references right now, but a little googling might help (Especially I remember the results being mentioned one of the TED talks.)

thisjepisje 12y ago
I remember at least one case where the game was played, and the person who got to choose took 9 bucks out of 10, and they all thought it was fair, simply because he was lucky to be the guy who got to choose. edit: it's in the article HaloZero links in this thread. When he began to run the game it became immediately clear that Machiguengan behavior was dramatically different from that of the average North American. To begin with, the offers from the first player were much lower. In addition, when on the receiving end of the game, the Machiguenga rarely refused even the lowest possible amount. “It just seemed ridiculous to the Machiguenga that you would reject an offer of free money,” says Henrich. “They just didn’t understand why anyone would sacrifice money to punish someone who had the good luck of getting to play the other role in the game.”

pwr22 12y ago

Very young human children have been shown an innate drive to share the rewards of a task fairly. Chimpanzees have been shown to lack this. The children didn't share when the other party wasn't involved in completing a task though, so I'm unsure if this applies here.