The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game.
We conducted a simple resource allocation game known as the ultimatum game (UG) with preschoolers to examine the role of cognitive and emotional perspective-taking ability on allocation and rejection behavior. A total of 146 preschoolers played the UG and completed a false belief task and an emotion...
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| author | Haruto Takagishi Michiko Koizumi Takayuki Fujii Joanna Schug Shinya Kameshima Toshio Yamagishi |
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| description | We conducted a simple resource allocation game known as the ultimatum game (UG) with preschoolers to examine the role of cognitive and emotional perspective-taking ability on allocation and rejection behavior. A total of 146 preschoolers played the UG and completed a false belief task and an emotional perspective-taking test. Results showed that cognitive perspective taking ability had a significant positive effect on the proposer's offer and a negative effect on the responder's rejection behavior, whereas emotional perspective taking ability did not impact either the proposer's or responder's behavior. These results imply that the ability to anticipate the responder's beliefs, but not their emotional state, plays an important role in the proposer's choice of a fair allocation in an UG, and that children who have not acquired theory of mind still reject unfair offers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25eb6cc10eef49129a62d77bbe647e682022-12-22T00:40:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0199e10846210.1371/journal.pone.0108462The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game.Haruto TakagishiMichiko KoizumiTakayuki FujiiJoanna SchugShinya KameshimaToshio YamagishiWe conducted a simple resource allocation game known as the ultimatum game (UG) with preschoolers to examine the role of cognitive and emotional perspective-taking ability on allocation and rejection behavior. A total of 146 preschoolers played the UG and completed a false belief task and an emotional perspective-taking test. Results showed that cognitive perspective taking ability had a significant positive effect on the proposer's offer and a negative effect on the responder's rejection behavior, whereas emotional perspective taking ability did not impact either the proposer's or responder's behavior. These results imply that the ability to anticipate the responder's beliefs, but not their emotional state, plays an important role in the proposer's choice of a fair allocation in an UG, and that children who have not acquired theory of mind still reject unfair offers.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4177993?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Haruto Takagishi Michiko Koizumi Takayuki Fujii Joanna Schug Shinya Kameshima Toshio Yamagishi The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game. PLoS ONE |
| title | The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game. |
| title_full | The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game. |
| title_fullStr | The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game. |
| title_short | The role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game. |
| title_sort | role of cognitive and emotional perspective taking in economic decision making in the ultimatum game |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4177993?pdf=render |
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