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  • Cognitive Science
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Prosocial behavior, particularly in social dilemmas, is increasingly studied for its cognitive underpinnings.
  • Prior research using economic games indicates that intuitive decisions tend to be more prosocial than deliberated ones.
  • The Social Heuristics Hypothesis (SHH) proposes that automatized, successful daily-life strategies become intuitions, while deliberation leads to self-interested adjustments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide further empirical support for the Social Heuristics Hypothesis (SHH).
  • To investigate the moderating roles of trust and experience on the effects of time pressure in social dilemmas.
  • To test the novel prediction that deliberation does not reduce prosociality when it aligns with individual payoff maximization.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a Public Goods Game (PGG) to simulate social dilemmas.
  • Manipulated time pressure (delay) versus deliberation conditions.
  • Measured participants' contributions and assessed trust in interaction partners and prior experience with economic games.

Main Results:

  • Replicated and extended previous findings: trust and experience moderate the impact of time pressure on prosocial behavior in PGGs, supporting the SHH.
  • Confirmed a new SHH prediction: deliberation did not decrease prosocial contributions when these actions were also individually payoff-maximizing.
  • Demonstrated that the effects of time pressure and deliberation on prosociality are contingent on situational factors and individual differences.

Conclusions:

  • The findings lend robust support to the Social Heuristics Hypothesis (SHH).
  • Highlight the nuanced role of deliberation in social decision-making, showing it can preserve prosociality under specific conditions.
  • Underscore the importance of considering both situational context and individual factors in understanding prosocial behavior.