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Absolute power and the development of cooperation

Abstract

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Pairs of male subjects played an experimental game designed to investigate the antecedent conditions necessary for the development of cooperation. Subjects were assigned to one of four absolute power conditions and then were shifted to a condition of equal power. The results indicate that when individuals have been subjected to conditions of absolute power whereby another individual is determining their outcomes or payoffs, cooperation is facilitated by equity in payoffs.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Psychology
Department dc:contributor.department
Psychology
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1975

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Pickett, Carolyn

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-06082010-020353
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/42943

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Pickett, Carolyn. Absolute power and the development of cooperation. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1975. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42943