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Romano, Angelo, Bortolotti, Stefania ORCID: 0000-0002-8326-5447, Hofmann, Wilhelm, Praxmarer, Matthias and Sutter, Matthias ORCID: 0000-0002-6143-8706 (2021). Generosity and Cooperation Across the Life Span: A Lab-in-the-Field Study. Psychol. Aging, 36 (1). S. 108 - 119. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 1939-1498

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Abstract

Understanding persistence and changes in prosociality across the life span is fundamental to inform theory and practice. As life expectancy increases and pressing societal challenges demand increasing generosity and cooperation among individuals, it is crucial to understand intergenerational interactions. We present the findings from a novel lab-in-the-field experiment (N = 359, 18-90 years) that examines generosity and cooperation between generations. Our methodological approach allows us to study the effect of age on prosocial behavior as a function of the age of an unknown partner. We ask participants to make several decisions, and to state their expectations for their partners' behavior, in a dictator game and a prisoner's dilemma game with real monetary outcomes. The dictator game serves as a measure of generosity, whereas the prisoner's dilemma serves as a measure of cooperation. We find that individuals used age as key information to condition behavior. Generosity was greater among older adults in response to young and older relative to middle-aged partners. Among younger adults, cooperation was greater in response to middle-aged and older partners relative to their own age cohort. All age groups expect less cooperation from young partners than from older and middle-aged partners. However, relative to young adults, older adults are more cooperative with young partners. Our study has crucial implications for the understanding of human generosity and cooperation across the life span.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Romano, Angelo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bortolotti, Stefania UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-5447 UNSPECIFIED Hofmann, Wilhelm UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Praxmarer, Matthias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sutter, Matthias UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-8706 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-591708
DOI:	10.1037/pag0000457
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychol. Aging
Volume:	36
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 108 - 119
Date:	2021
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1939-1498
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING; SOCIAL DILEMMAS; AGE-DIFFERENCES; STEREOTYPE CONTENT; OLDER-ADULTS; TRUST; GAME; ORIENTATIONS; EXPECTATIONS; COMPETENCE Multiple languages Gerontology; Psychology, Developmental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59170