Social Learning Strategies and Cooperative Behaviour: Evidence of Payoff Bias, but Not Prestige or Conformity, in a Social Dilemma Game

Social Learning Strategies and Cooperative Behaviour: Evidence of Payoff Bias, but Not Prestige or Conformity, in a Social Dilemma Game

Human cooperation, occurring without reciprocation and between unrelated individuals in large populations, represents an evolutionary puzzle. One potential explanation is that cooperative behaviour may be transmitted between individuals via social learning. Using an online social dilemma experiment,...

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Main Authors: Robin Watson, Thomas J. H. Morgan, Rachel L. Kendal, Julie Van de Vyver, Jeremy Kendal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Games
Subjects:
cooperation
prisoner’s dilemma
snowdrift
social learning
cultural evolution
payoff
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/12/4/89

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