What does the Ultimatum Game mean in the real world?

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 824-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randolph C. Grace ◽  
Simon Kemp

The predictive validity of the ultimatum game (UG) for cross-cultural differences in real-world behavior has not yet been established. We discuss results of a recent meta-analysis (Oosterbeek et al 2004), which examined UG behavior across large-scale societies and found that the mean percent offers rejected was positively correlated with social expenditure.

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Del Giudice

Abstract The argument against innatism at the heart of Cognitive Gadgets is provocative but premature, and is vitiated by dichotomous thinking, interpretive double standards, and evidence cherry-picking. I illustrate my criticism by addressing the heritability of imitation and mindreading, the relevance of twin studies, and the meaning of cross-cultural differences in theory of mind development. Reaching an integrative understanding of genetic inheritance, plasticity, and learning is a formidable task that demands a more nuanced evolutionary approach.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve M. J. Janssen ◽  
Anna Gralak ◽  
Yayoi Kawasaki ◽  
Gert Kristo ◽  
Pedro M. Rodrigues ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Anderson ◽  
Michael K. Lunn ◽  
Ronald W. Wright ◽  
Alicia Limke

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