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Minimal conditions for the creation of a unit relationship: the social bond between birthdaymates

✍ Scribed by Dale T. Miller; Julie S. Downs; Deborah A. Prentice

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 198 KB
Volume: 28
Category: Article
ISSN: 0046-2772
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199805/06)28:3<475::aid-ejsp881>3.0.co;2-m

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✦ Synopsis

We hypothesize that sharing a birthday is sucient to create a unit relationship. Two studies demonstrated that individuals cooperated more in a prisoners dilemma game when their (®ctitious) opponent shared their birthday. They also reacted more negatively to betrayal and were less sensitive to relative gains for self versus other.