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Exploring the impact of positive and negative emotions on cooperative behaviour in a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game

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Summary, in English

Objective. To explore the influences of discrete positive and negative emotions on cooperation in the context of a social dilemma game. Design. Two controlled studies were undertaken. In Study 1, 69 participants were randomly assigned to an essay emotion manipulation task designed to induce either guilt, joy or no strong emotion. In Study 2, 95 participants were randomly assigned to one of the same three tasks, and the impact of emotional condition on cooperation was explored using a repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game. Results. Study 1 established that the manipulation task was successful in inducing the specified emotions. The analysis from Study 2 revealed no significant main eVects for emotions, in contrast to previous research. However, there was a significant eVect for participants’ pre-existing tendency to cooperate (social value orientation; SVO). Conclusion. Methodological explanations for the result are explored, including the possible impact of trial-and-error strategies, diVerent cooperation games and endogenous vs exogenous emotions.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Publication/Series

PeerJ

Volume

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

PeerJ

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • well-being
  • positive and negative emotions
  • cooperation
  • social dilemma games

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2167-8359