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When prosocials act like proselfs in a commons dilemma.

Wernher M Brucks1, Paul A M Van Lange

  • 1Free University Amsterdam. w.brucks@psy.vu.nl

Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin
|April 19, 2007
PubMed
Summary

Noise in shared resource dilemmas harms cooperation, especially for prosocial individuals. This effect, observed in commons management, highlights how environmental unpredictability undermines resource conservation efforts.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental psychology
  • Behavioral economics
  • Social-ecological systems

Background:

  • Prosocial individuals conserve shared resources, while proself individuals consume them.
  • Social-ecological interactions involve resource management dilemmas.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how noise in social-ecological interactions affects resource consumption based on social values.
  • To determine if noise modifies the behavior of prosocial and proself individuals in a commons dilemma.

Main Methods:

  • Participants drew resources from a declining pool.
  • Negative noise (unintended consumption increases) was introduced for half the participants.
  • Consumption patterns of prosocial and proself individuals were analyzed under noisy and non-noisy conditions.

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Main Results:

  • Noise detrimentally affected cooperation when resources were scarce.
  • This negative impact of noise was significant for prosocial individuals.
  • Proself individuals' consumption levels were not significantly affected by noise.

Conclusions:

  • Noise in social-ecological systems plays a critical role in common-pool resource management.
  • Noise can undermine cooperation, particularly among individuals predisposed to conserve resources.
  • Understanding noise effects is crucial for effective commons management strategies.