Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisons
The Ultimatum Game (UG) is a valuable paradigm to study fairness considerations. Here, we tested developmental differences between altruistic and strategic motivations in fairness considerations using a version of the UG with hidden conditions. Participants were proposers and could divide coins betw...
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| description | The Ultimatum Game (UG) is a valuable paradigm to study fairness considerations. Here, we tested developmental differences between altruistic and strategic motivations in fairness considerations using a version of the UG with hidden conditions. Participants were proposers and could divide coins between themselves and an anonymous other. Hidden information conditions involved division of coins where some coins were only visible to the participant (e.g., 8/2 condition where, from the total of 10 coins, 8 coins were visible to both players and 2 coins only visible to the proposer). In total, 22 young adults and 79 children between ages 8 and 13 played multiple one-shot versions of the ultimatum game with hidden conditions with anonymous others. Overall analyses confirmed validity of the task and showed that participants of all age groups had strategic intentions. Specific task analyses revealed that adults divided the coins equally in the standard UG conditions, but gave less to the second player in the hidden information conditions. The developmental comparisons revealed an age x condition interaction, such that adults and 10-12-year-old children differentiated between standard and hidden conditions more than 8-9-year-old children. These findings indicate that young children have a basic understanding of different strategic motives, but that behavior of adults and older children is driven more by strategic intentions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a8ec605c7aa4aad8e3efcf1c18546ce2022-12-21T19:02:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782012-10-01310.3389/fpsyg.2012.0042427058Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisonsSandy eOvergaauw0Berna eGüroğlu1Eveline A Crone2Leiden UniversityLeiden UniversityLeiden UniversityThe Ultimatum Game (UG) is a valuable paradigm to study fairness considerations. Here, we tested developmental differences between altruistic and strategic motivations in fairness considerations using a version of the UG with hidden conditions. Participants were proposers and could divide coins between themselves and an anonymous other. Hidden information conditions involved division of coins where some coins were only visible to the participant (e.g., 8/2 condition where, from the total of 10 coins, 8 coins were visible to both players and 2 coins only visible to the proposer). In total, 22 young adults and 79 children between ages 8 and 13 played multiple one-shot versions of the ultimatum game with hidden conditions with anonymous others. Overall analyses confirmed validity of the task and showed that participants of all age groups had strategic intentions. Specific task analyses revealed that adults divided the coins equally in the standard UG conditions, but gave less to the second player in the hidden information conditions. The developmental comparisons revealed an age x condition interaction, such that adults and 10-12-year-old children differentiated between standard and hidden conditions more than 8-9-year-old children. These findings indicate that young children have a basic understanding of different strategic motives, but that behavior of adults and older children is driven more by strategic intentions.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00424/fulldevelopmentperspective takingfairnessProsocial BehaviorSocial Decision MakingEmpathic concern |
| spellingShingle | Sandy eOvergaauw Berna eGüroğlu Eveline A Crone Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisons Frontiers in Psychology development perspective taking fairness Prosocial Behavior Social Decision Making Empathic concern |
| title | Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisons |
| title_full | Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisons |
| title_fullStr | Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisons |
| title_short | Fairness considerations when I know more than you do: Developmental comparisons |
| title_sort | fairness considerations when i know more than you do developmental comparisons |
| topic | development perspective taking fairness Prosocial Behavior Social Decision Making Empathic concern |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00424/full |
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