Pancotto, F;
Righi, S;
(2021)
Reflectivity relates differently to pro sociality in naïve and strategic subjects.
Scientific Reports
, 11
(1)
10.1038/s41598-021-91960-3.
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Abstract
Is pro sociality a natural impulse or the result of a self-controlled behavior? We investigate this issue in a lab in the field experiment with participants from the general adult population in Italy. We find two key results: first, that there is a positive relationship between pro sociality and strategic reasoning. Second, that reflectivity relates to lower pro sociality but only among strategic subjects, indicating that the intuitive view of pro sociality is valid only among strategic individuals. Non-strategic individuals are instead intuitively selfish. We surmise that these results emerge due to a common cognitive root between strategizing and pro sociality, namely empathy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reflectivity relates differently to pro sociality in naïve and strategic subjects |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-91960-3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91960-3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130015 |
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