By: NewEnglandBob
This could have biological effects, favoring the development of linguistic and cognitive abilities, but the fundamental driver was culture I seriously doubt this statement. It goes too far and looks...
View ArticleBy: Steve
The metacognitive ability to know you are being evaluated (like scientists watching how you play a game) can alter one’s behavior and throw the results. I don’t doubt that some valid information...
View ArticleBy: J-Frum
This article doesn’t mention if the scientists took the different groups relationship with money into account. Students not only have more education and come from more complex societies than hunter...
View ArticleBy: RussA
“The study found that members of a large, complex society had a keener sense of fairness … than the smaller groups.” … “This may be because smaller communities lack the social norms or informal...
View ArticleBy: Deni
I agree that the awareness that their actions were being observed – and therefore judged – would necessarily change the subjects’ actions. I further agree, that this fictitious scenario would...
View ArticleBy: Eric Balkan
The ultimatum test has been used for quite a while. Almost always — the exception is business students — the participant who gets less than what he thinks is a fair share will reject the split, ending...
View ArticleBy: Bradyforce
They should do the study on children since they adopt their sense of fairness from the culture at large and from imitating their parents and others they are exposed to.Also just recently I heard on...
View ArticleBy: Prem
i agree with J-Frum’s comment above. A simple term as money can create major differences in someone’s defintion of ‘fairness’.
View ArticleBy: Phil Bailey
I would suggest that culture has indeed had a massive bearing on humanity’s sense of fair play, but maybe by making us into political creatures. We are instinctively able to weigh up winners and...
View ArticleBy: NewEnglandBob
This could have biological effects, favoring the development of linguistic and cognitive abilities, but the fundamental driver was culture I seriously doubt this statement. It goes too far and looks...
View ArticleBy: Steve
The metacognitive ability to know you are being evaluated (like scientists watching how you play a game) can alter one’s behavior and throw the results. I don’t doubt that some valid information...
View ArticleBy: J-Frum
This article doesn’t mention if the scientists took the different groups relationship with money into account. Students not only have more education and come from more complex societies than hunter...
View ArticleBy: RussA
“The study found that members of a large, complex society had a keener sense of fairness … than the smaller groups.” … “This may be because smaller communities lack the social norms or informal...
View ArticleBy: Deni
I agree that the awareness that their actions were being observed – and therefore judged – would necessarily change the subjects’ actions. I further agree, that this fictitious scenario would...
View ArticleBy: Eric Balkan
The ultimatum test has been used for quite a while. Almost always — the exception is business students — the participant who gets less than what he thinks is a fair share will reject the split, ending...
View ArticleBy: Bradyforce
They should do the study on children since they adopt their sense of fairness from the culture at large and from imitating their parents and others they are exposed to.Also just recently I heard on...
View ArticleBy: Prem
i agree with J-Frum’s comment above. A simple term as money can create major differences in someone’s defintion of ‘fairness’.
View ArticleBy: Phil Bailey
I would suggest that culture has indeed had a massive bearing on humanity’s sense of fair play, but maybe by making us into political creatures. We are instinctively able to weigh up winners and...
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