The benefits of being seen to help others: indirect reciprocity and reputation-based partner choice

G Roberts, N Raihani, R Bshary… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
When one individual helps another, it benefits the recipient and may also gain a reputation
for being cooperative. This may induce others to favour the helper in subsequent …

The psychological foundations of reputation-based cooperation

HM Manrique, H Zeidler, G Roberts… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Humans care about having a positive reputation, which may prompt them to help in
scenarios where the return benefits are not obvious. Various game-theoretical models …

“We can't be too saintly”: Why members of parliament in the United Kingdom are reluctant to lead by example with low-carbon behaviour

S Westlake, C Demski, N Pidgeon - Energy Research & Social Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Low-carbon behaviour change from individuals is both essential for meeting climate change
targets and highly politically contentious. Shifting away from activities such as flying, driving …

Leading by example from high-status individuals: exploring a crucial missing link in climate change mitigation

S Westlake, C Demski, N Pidgeon - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
Behaviour change has great potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, hel**
to prevent dangerous global warming. Some of the most impactful changes are: flying less …

Beneficiary effects in prosocial decision making: Understanding unequal valuations of lives

A Erlandsson, S Dickert, H Moche… - European Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To understand human prosocial behaviour, one must consider not only the helpers and the
requesters, but also the characteristics of the beneficiaries. To this aim, this articles reviews …

Beyond virtue signaling: Perceived motivations for pronoun sharing

A Kodipady, G Kraft‐Todd, G Sparkman… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sharing one's pronouns when introducing oneself is an emerging practice intended to
prevent assumptions of what pronouns to use when referring to others. This practice may …

Four puzzles of reputation-based cooperation: Content, process, honesty, and structure

F Giardini, D Balliet, EA Power, S Számadó, K Takács - Human Nature, 2022 - Springer
Research in various disciplines has highlighted that humans are uniquely able to solve the
problem of cooperation through the informal mechanisms of reputation and gossip …

Third-party punishers do not compete to be chosen as partners in an experimental game

T Batistoni, P Barclay… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Third-party punishment is thought to act as an honest signal of cooperative intent and such
signals might escalate when competing to be chosen as a partner. Here, we investigate …

Correlates of conflict resolution across cultures

ZH Garfield - Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2021 - cambridge.org
Conflicts are ubiquitous between individuals as well as between groups. Effective conflict
resolution is essential for individual well-being and group functioning and often involves …

Acting without considering personal costs signals trustworthiness in helpers but not punishers

NC Engeler, NJ Raihani - Communications Psychology, 2024 - nature.com
Third-party punishment and hel** can signal trustworthiness, but the interpretation of
deliberation may vary: uncalculated help signals trustworthiness, but this may not hold for …