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Lergetporer, Philipp, Angerer, Silvia ORCID: 0000-0001-8107-2206, Glaetzle-Ruetzler, Daniela and Sutter, Matthias ORCID: 0000-0002-6143-8706 (2014). Third-party punishment increases cooperation in children through (misaligned) expectations and conditional cooperation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 111 (19). S. 6916 - 6922. WASHINGTON: NATL ACAD SCIENCES. ISSN 0027-8424

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Abstract

The human ability to establish cooperation, even in large groups of genetically unrelated strangers, depends upon the enforcement of cooperation norms. Third-party punishment is one important factor to explain high levels of cooperation among humans, although it is still somewhat disputed whether other animal species also use this mechanism for promoting cooperation. We study the effectiveness of third-party punishment to increase children's cooperative behavior in a large-scale cooperation game. Based on an experiment with 1,120 children, aged 7 to 11 y, we find that the threat of third-party punishment more than doubles cooperation rates, despite the fact that children are rarely willing to execute costly punishment. We can show that the higher cooperation levels with third-party punishment are driven by two components. First, cooperation is a rational (expected payoff-maximizing) response to incorrect beliefs about the punishment behavior of third parties. Second, cooperation is a conditionally cooperative reaction to correct beliefs that third party punishment will increase a partner's level of cooperation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lergetporer, Philipp UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Angerer, Silvia UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8107-2206 UNSPECIFIED Glaetzle-Ruetzler, Daniela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sutter, Matthias UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-8706 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-438368
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.1320451111
Journal or Publication Title:	Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
Volume:	111
Number:	19
Page Range:	S. 6916 - 6922
Date:	2014
Publisher:	NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	0027-8424
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PUBLIC-GOOD EXPERIMENTS; ALTRUISTIC PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL NORMS; STRONG RECIPROCITY; YOUNG-CHILDREN; ENFORCEMENT; BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; CHIMPANZEES; EVOLUTION Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43836