Gender effects and cooperation in collective action: A laboratory experiment

Abstract

Numerous researches have indicated that men’s and women’s cooperation varied from no differences to significant differences under the influence of different contextual characteristics. In this study, we investigated how social factors together with a gender composition of a group affected gender differences in cooperation. We found that mixed-sex groups were the most effective in cooperation. At the same time, cooperation level in same-sex groups varied significantly. Besides, in same-sex groups, men demonstrated a higher level of trust and gratitude than women. Among women, in same-sex groups, a tendency toward mutual distrust and competition was revealed more often than among men.

A Game-Based Approach to Exploring Gender Differences in Smallholder Decisions to Change Farming Practices: White Rice Production in Laos

“…Women's higher propensity to collaborate and cooperate is recorded in the literature, specifically when they are in a female-only environment [67,68], and this has also been noted in other experimental game settings [69,70]. Some studies, however, suggest that, overall, women and men can be equally cooperative, with sex differences in cooperation entirely context-dependent [71,72], whereas other research suggests that the effect of gender on cooperation remains inconclusive [73]. Nonetheless, it needs to be noted that most of the literature reported are on social dilemma studies that are conceptually concerned with situations involving a conflict between self-interest and the collective interest [71].…”

Eye Gaze Patterns of Decision Process in Prosocial Behavior

“…Social factors have an impact on decision making (Peshkovskaya et al, 2019a;Haesevoets et al, 2020). Based on this, we used a social domain to force a subject's strategic behavior in our experiments.…”

“…In this research, we used eye tracking technology and the prisoner's dilemma together to investigate decision making and features of visual perception associated with strategic experience, particularly with prosocial, cooperative strategy. We also assume that social domain could contribute to cooperative strategy and shape prosocial behavior (Shigaki et al, 2013;Peshkovskaya et al, 2019a). Thereby, we focused our study to identify specific features of eye movements for cooperative and non-cooperative strategies.…”

“…This laboratory model combines the classic social psychology minimal group paradigm with group manipulations that cause a sense of social attachment (Dasgupta, 2004). The use of this model in the experiments reveals that social interaction leads to higher levels of cooperation and its persistence in participants within social group (Peshkovskaya et al, 2018(Peshkovskaya et al, , 2019a.…”

Сетевая Организация Скулшутеров В Социальной Сети «ВКонтакте» На Примере Фанатского Сообщества «керченского Стрелка»

“…При этом, как показывает Т. Шибутани, маргинализированная личность необязательно одинока, поскольку подобные личности, разделяющие общие интересы и наклонности, могут создавать маргинальные сообщества и субкультуры [Shibutani, 2009: 575-581]. Исследования на стыке поведенческой экономики и социальной психологии демонстрируют, что человек негативно воспринимает отвержение группой и стремится стать частью сообщества -уже существующего или вновь организованного [Peshkovskaya, Myagkov, 2020;Peshkovskaya, Babkina, Myagkov, 2019;Peshkovskaya, Babkina, Myagkov, 2018]. И хотя этот вывод был сделан в контексте культурной маргинализации мигрантов и исследований в области социальной психологии, в значительной степени он подходит и к нашей ситуации социально маргинализированных подростков, становящихся изгоями в собственном молодежном сообществе.…”