scholarly journals Public cooperation statements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Kathrin Koessler ◽  
Lionel Page ◽  
Uwe Dulleck
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Controlled Environment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
Good Setting ◽  
Pro Social Behavior ◽  
Voluntary Cooperation

AbstractCommunication is a well-known tool to promote cooperation and pro-social behavior. In this study, we examine whether minimal communication in form of public consent with a pre-defined cooperation statement is sufficient to strengthen cooperation in groups. Within the controlled environment of a laboratory experiment, we identify ways by which non-enforceable cooperation statements are associated with higher levels of cooperation in a public good setting. At first, the statement triggers selection; socially oriented individuals are more likely to make the cooperation statement. In addition, we can show that a behavioral change takes place once the statement is made. This change can be attributed to commitment arising from the pledge and to increased coordination between the interaction partners. Depending on the institutional context, these drivers can vary in strength. Comparing compulsory and voluntary cooperation statements, we find that both are effective in motivating higher contributions to the public good.

scholarly journals Shearing in flow environment promotes evolution of social behavior in microbial populations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurdip Uppal ◽  
Dervis Can Vural
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Reaction Model ◽  
Diffusion Reaction ◽  
Microbial Populations ◽  
Flow Shear ◽  
The Public ◽  
Flow Environment ◽  
Microbial Groups

AbstractIt is advantageous for microbes to form social aggregates when they commonly benefit from secreting a public good. However, cooperating microbial groups can be evolutionarily unstable, since a cheating strain that does not secrete the public good can reproduce quicker and take over. Here we study the effects of fluid advection patterns on group reproduction as a mechanism to enable or enhance social behavior in microbial populations. We use a realistic advection-diffusion-reaction model to describe microbial growth and mutation in a flow environment. Social groups arise naturally from our model as self-reproducing Turing patterns that can avoid mutant takeovers at steady state. Our central finding is that flow shear enables and promotes social behavior in microbes by limiting the spread of cheating strains. Regions of the flow domain with higher shear admits high cooperativity and large population density, whereas low shear regions are devoid of life due to opportunistic mutations.

Music, Selves and Societies: Respondent Paper

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 205920432110189
Author(s):  
Craig Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
The Public ◽  
Destructive Behavior ◽  
The World ◽  
Collective Belief ◽  
Trump Administration

Researchers working within the field of music and society often comment that they wish to use their research for the betterment of society and individuals, wherever possible. In many cases, this process of betterment requires some sort of behavioral change—whether this is changing poor habits to promote healthy living and thinking or changing destructive behavior in order to lead more productive and connected lives. It can increasingly be seen in the world today that social behavior has a complex array of influences and motivations and rarely is empirical evidence one of them. No amount of thoroughly researched evidence or logically developed arguments influences this behavior. Brexit and the Trump administration are two examples of this phenomenon. What seems to influence this seemingly bizarre social behavior is a collective belief in a narrative. The narrative needs to speak to common emotions, senses of identities and memories, but it does not need to necessarily be supported by empirical evidence to be effective. There is a need to understand this power of narrative in the public discourse if we are to truly influence how public policy engages with music.

Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: Substitutes or Complements? (Part 1)

2013 ◽  
pp. 24-48
Author(s):  
S. Bowles ◽  
S. Polanía-Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Norms ◽  
Pro Social Behavior

Explicit economic incentives designed to increase contributions to public goods and to promote other pro-social behavior sometimes are counterproductive or less effective than would be predicted among entirely self-interested individuals. This may occur when incentives adversely affect individuals’ altruism, ethical norms, intrinsic motives to serve the public, and other social preferences. The opposite also occurs—crowding in — though it appears less commonly.

Role of anthropomorphization on pro-social behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Archit Vinod Tapar ◽  
Abhishek Mishra ◽  
Ashish Sadh ◽  
Aditya Billore
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Compliance Behavior ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Intrinsic Motivations ◽  
Need For Affect ◽  
Pro Social Behavior ◽  
Social Causes

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the effect of anthropomorphic entities in the public service advertisements (PSA) on individuals’ pro-social behavior. In addition, the role of individuals’ need for affect and self-construal in moderating the effect of anthropomorphism toward pro-social behavior is explored.Design/methodology/approachAn experimental research design is executed to identify the causal relationship between anthropomorphic representations in the advertisements and pro-social behavior.FindingsThe findings suggest that anthropomorphism in PSA is helpful in increasing compliance behavior amongst individuals. Besides, an individual’s need for affect was found to positively moderate pro-social behavior.Research/limitations implicationsThe authors extend the existing literature on the usage of anthropomorphism in social causes. The authors also explore the role of one of the intrinsic motivations, need for affect, in pro-social behavior.Social implicationsThe study demonstrates how best one could use anthropomorphization in PSA by sensitizing individuals to social causes and compliance behavior.Originality/valueThe study builds upon the existing research on anthropomorphization, need for affect and pro-social behavior in increasing compliance with PSA.

Positional Commitments and the Public Good: Perceptions of a Defecting Group Leader

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Sibicky ◽  
Cortney B. Richardson ◽  
Anna M. Gruntz ◽  
Timothy J. Binegar ◽  
David A. Schroeder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Group Leader ◽  
The Public
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