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Jul 25, 2018 · Our research suggests a simple reason why we sometimes hate the good guy: They make us look bad by comparison. Many of us have heard of people saying: “Stop working so hard, you’re making the ...
Jul 29, 2018 · Our research suggests a simple reason why we sometimes hate the good guy: They make us look bad by comparison. Many of us have heard of people saying: “Stop working so hard, you’re making the rest of us look bad.”. Just like every other trait, generosity is relative. Someone is only deemed good or generous based on how they compare to others.
Our research suggests a simple reason why we sometimes hate the good guy: They make us look bad by comparison. Many of us have heard of people saying: "Stop working so hard, you're making the rest ...
Jul 30, 2018 · Researchers are at a loss to explain why antisocial punishment exists. “You’re making me look bad!” Our research suggests a simple reason why we sometimes hate the good guy: They make us look bad by comparison. Many of us have heard of people saying: “Stop working so hard, you’re making the rest of us look bad.”
Here, we used a public-goods game with punishment to test whether antisocial punishment is used as a means of competing to be chosen by suppressing others' cooperation. As predicted, there was more antisocial punishment when participants were competing to be chosen for a subsequent cooperative task (a trust game) than without a subsequent task.
- Aleta Pleasant, Pat Barclay
- 2018
partnerships, then we would predict more antisocial punishment when people are explicitly competing over cooperative partnerships. We tested this prediction using a common laboratory measure of cooperation and pun-ishment, in which participants were given the options to contribute to a public good and to punish others. We had two conditions.
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Jul 23, 2018 · Why Do We Dislike People Who Seem Too Nice? “Do-gooder” is a strange term. In the workplace, for example, it’s the label stamped on people who—well, who best cooperate with their ...
