个体行为与群体成员身份

Individual Behavior and Group Membership

American Economic Review · 2007
被引 629 · 同刊同年前 5%
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

通过实验发现,群体成员身份会改变个体的偏好,而群体的显著性会影响个体对环境的感知;当群体作为观众时,东道主会变得更激进,而客人则相反。

Abstract

People who are members of a group and identify with it behave differently from people who perceive themselves as isolated individuals. This paper shows that group membership affects preferences over outcomes, and saliency of the group affects the perception of the environment. We manipulate the saliency of group membership by letting a player's own group watch as a passive audience as decisions are made, and/or by making part of the payoff common for members of the group. In contrast to the minimal-group paradigm, minimal groups alone do not affect behavior in our strategic environments. However, salient group membership significantly increases the aggressive stance of the hosts (people who have their group members in the audience), and tends to reduce that of the guests.

群体身份群体凸显性偏好改变攻击性行为