No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered report
Online experiments have become a valuable research tool for researchers interested in the processes underlying cooperation. Typically, online experiments are asynchronous, participants complete an experiment individually and are matched with partners after data collection has been completed. We cond...
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| author | Anthony M. Evans Christoph Kogler Willem W. A. Sleegers |
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| description | Online experiments have become a valuable research tool for researchers interested in the processes underlying cooperation. Typically, online experiments are asynchronous, participants complete an experiment individually and are matched with partners after data collection has been completed. We conducted a registered report to compare asynchronous and synchronous designs, where participants interact and receive feedback in real-time. We investigated how two features of synchronous designs, pre-decision matching and immediate feedback, influence cooperation in the prisoners dilemma. We hypothesized that 1) pre-decision matching (assigning participants to specific interaction partners before they make decisions) would lead to decreased social distance and increased cooperation; 2) immediate feedback would reduce feelings of aversive uncertainty and lead to increased cooperation; and 3) individuals with prosocial Social Value Orientations would be more sensitive to the differences between synchronous and asynchronous designs. We found no support for these hypotheses. In our study (N = 1,238), pre-decision matching and immediate feedback had no significant effects on cooperative behavior or perceptions of the interaction; and their effects on cooperation were not significantly moderated by Social Value Orientation. The present results suggest that synchronous designs have little effect on cooperation in online social dilemma experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d6e431423eb4ce8bf6f13d94ee0425b2023-09-03T09:20:27ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752021-07-011682384310.1017/S1930297500008007No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered reportAnthony M. Evans0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3345-5282Christoph Kogler1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8443-6009Willem W. A. Sleegers2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-3817Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands.Tilburg UniversityTilburg UniversityOnline experiments have become a valuable research tool for researchers interested in the processes underlying cooperation. Typically, online experiments are asynchronous, participants complete an experiment individually and are matched with partners after data collection has been completed. We conducted a registered report to compare asynchronous and synchronous designs, where participants interact and receive feedback in real-time. We investigated how two features of synchronous designs, pre-decision matching and immediate feedback, influence cooperation in the prisoners dilemma. We hypothesized that 1) pre-decision matching (assigning participants to specific interaction partners before they make decisions) would lead to decreased social distance and increased cooperation; 2) immediate feedback would reduce feelings of aversive uncertainty and lead to increased cooperation; and 3) individuals with prosocial Social Value Orientations would be more sensitive to the differences between synchronous and asynchronous designs. We found no support for these hypotheses. In our study (N = 1,238), pre-decision matching and immediate feedback had no significant effects on cooperative behavior or perceptions of the interaction; and their effects on cooperation were not significantly moderated by Social Value Orientation. The present results suggest that synchronous designs have little effect on cooperation in online social dilemma experiments.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500008007/type/journal_articlesocial dilemmascooperationuncertaintydelayed feedback |
| spellingShingle | Anthony M. Evans Christoph Kogler Willem W. A. Sleegers No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered report Judgment and Decision Making social dilemmas cooperation uncertainty delayed feedback |
| title | No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered report |
| title_full | No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered report |
| title_fullStr | No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered report |
| title_full_unstemmed | No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered report |
| title_short | No effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments: A registered report |
| title_sort | no effects of synchronicity in online social dilemma experiments a registered report |
| topic | social dilemmas cooperation uncertainty delayed feedback |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500008007/type/journal_article |
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