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Minimal conditions for the creation of a unit relationship: the social bond between birthdaymates
Author(s) -
Miller Dale T.,
Downs Julie S.,
Prentice Deborah A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199805/06)28:3<475::aid-ejsp881>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - betrayal , psychology , social psychology , dilemma , unit (ring theory) , social dilemma , epistemology , mathematics education , philosophy
We hypothesize that sharing a birthday is sufficient to create a unit relationship. Two studies demonstrated that individuals cooperated more in a prisoners dilemma game when their (fictitious) opponent shared their birthday. They also reacted more negatively to betrayal and were less sensitive to relative gains for self versus other. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.