You get what you deserve! Reactance, greed and altruism in the dictator game with offer suggestions by the receiver. (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rodrigues, Johannes; Caporale, Linda; Euen, Isabel; Schäfer, Simeon; Schneider, Britta; Hewig, Johannes
• Is Part Of: Personality and individual differences. Volume 185(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: Altruism -- Dictator game -- Greed -- Dictator game with suggestion -- Reactance; Personality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Personality Development -- Periodicals; Personnalité -- Périodiques; Individualité -- Périodiques; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111271
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-8869

Abstract

Abstract: Offers in the Dictator game are considered altruistic behavior. Indicators of the need of the receiver like income or a specific request of the receiver influence proposers' decisions, along with traits such as greed and altruism. We investigated the combination of these influences in 140 participants. A higher need by the receiver led to higher offers up to equal share demands unless reactance led to lower offers for high-income receivers. Correspondingly, low-income receivers got more money than other receivers if asking for little. Trait altruism led to higher offers, while trait greed led to lower offers in above equal share requests. We found exploratory unusually high offers in our paradigm, lower offers from women and for requests in general. Highlights: Dictator game offers were higher for indictors of high need (demand/low income). Incongruency in indicators of need that suggest exploitation lead to lower offers. Trait altruism led to higher offers in general. Trait greed led to lower offers if a high amount of credits were demanded. Exploratory we found unusually high offers, lower offers from women and for demands.