Why good deeds don’t go unpunished | Ars Technica
From an early age, we are taught that cooperation, generosity, and altruism are generally things we should strive for.
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Interessant ist, dass Altruisten oder sehr generöse Personen teilweise sehr hart für eben genau diese Generosität bestraft wurden.
But here’s the amazing part: 51 percent of the participants also chose to punish the overly generous deviant. In other words, a majority of the people in this study were willing to reduce their own chance to win $100 just to punish a particularly cooperative group member. Furthermore, many participants actually wanted this individual to be kicked out of the group. When asked to rate how much they would like each player to remain in the group on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 9 (very much), the average rating for the overly generous player was less than a 3.
Wichtig in diesem Kontext (der Artikel geht auch auf das warum ein – Tipp: Soziale Normen) ist aber auch:
The researchers acknowledge that under different circumstances—for example, if rewards are large or the type of punishment varies—the outcome might be different.