TY - JOUR
T1 - The bad apple effect and social value orientation in public-goods dilemmas
T2 - replication and extension of research findings
AU - Wu, Song
AU - Sun, Jiaqing
AU - Cai, Wei
AU - Jin, Shenghua
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Two studies were conducted to replicate and extend previous findings on the effect of uncooperative behavior on group cooperation (the "bad apple" effect). Study 1 (56 women, 40 men; M age = 23.5 yr.) manipulated information about contributions from the bad apple, controlling for overall contributions to a group account. Study 2 (50 women, 34 men; M age = 20.4 yr.) compared the effects of a bad apple and a good apple on cooperation. The social value orientation of participants was measured to explore individual differences in the bad apple effect. The results revealed a bad apple (a) decreased cooperation among individuals with proself and prosocial orientations in Study 1, and (b) had a greater effect than a good apple on those who were proself compared to prosocial in Study 2.
AB - Two studies were conducted to replicate and extend previous findings on the effect of uncooperative behavior on group cooperation (the "bad apple" effect). Study 1 (56 women, 40 men; M age = 23.5 yr.) manipulated information about contributions from the bad apple, controlling for overall contributions to a group account. Study 2 (50 women, 34 men; M age = 20.4 yr.) compared the effects of a bad apple and a good apple on cooperation. The social value orientation of participants was measured to explore individual differences in the bad apple effect. The results revealed a bad apple (a) decreased cooperation among individuals with proself and prosocial orientations in Study 1, and (b) had a greater effect than a good apple on those who were proself compared to prosocial in Study 2.
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U2 - 10.2466/07.09.PR0.114k27w5
DO - 10.2466/07.09.PR0.114k27w5
M3 - Article
C2 - 25074307
AN - SCOPUS:84903271525
VL - 114
SP - 866
EP - 879
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
SN - 0033-2941
IS - 3
ER -