Cheater detection and altruistic behaviour: an experimental and methodological exploration

✍ Scribed by Martin G. Evans; Young Chul Chang

• Book ID: 101288129
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 230 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0143-6570
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1468(199811/12)19:7/8<467::aid-mde900>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

In a managerial world in which opportunism abounds, the detection of opportunists is an important prerequisite of survival. Recent developments in evolutionary psychology claim to shed light on the cheater detection process: specifically arguing that there is a specialized module in the mind dedicated to this task. These claims are assessed and found wanting in a number of specially designed experiments. Suggestions for future research on this phenomenon are put forward.