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Evidence of joint commitment in great apes' natural joint actions [PDF]
Human joint action seems special, as it is grounded in joint commitment—a sense of mutual obligation participants feel towards each other. Comparative research with humans and non-human great apes has typically investigated joint commitment by ...
Raphaela Heesen +7 more
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Assessing joint commitment as a process in great apes [PDF]
Summary: Many social animals interact jointly, but only humans experience a specific sense of obligation toward their co-participants, a joint commitment.
Raphaela Heesen +9 more
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Bonobos engage in joint commitment. [PDF]
Bonobos reengage partners after interruptions of social activities, suggesting that they engage in joint commitment.
Heesen R +6 more
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Observing joint action: Coordination creates commitment [PDF]
Previous research has shown that interpersonal coordination enhances pro-social attitudes and behavior. Here, we extend this research by investigating whether the degree of coordination observed in a joint action enhances the perception of individuals' commitment to the joint action. In four experiments, participants viewed videos of joint actions.
John Michael +2 more
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Three-year-olds' understanding of the consequences of joint commitments. [PDF]
Here we investigate the extent of children's understanding of the joint commitments inherent in joint activities. Three-year-old children either made a joint commitment to assemble a puzzle with a puppet partner, or else the child and puppet each ...
Maria Gräfenhain +2 more
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On Acting Because of a Joint Commitment
I focus on the motivational role that Gilbert attributes to joint commitment. Using Bacharach’s game theoretical analysis of non-summative group agency, I point out that Gilbert’s account of social actions conceptually requires the obliteration of ...
Silvia Tossut
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Every product needs a process: unpacking joint commitment as a process across species [PDF]
Funding: The present research was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no. CR31I3_166331 awarded to A.B. and K.Z.) and by the NCCR Evolving Language, Swiss National Science Foundation Agreement no. 51NF40_180888.Joint commitment, the
Adrian Bangerter +2 more
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The Compass of Commitment: Control Mechanisms Underpinning the Sense of Individual and Joint Commitment. [PDF]
Abstract The sense of commitment directs us toward our goals, shielding us from distractions and temptations, and thereby facilitates a wide range of cooperative activities and institutions characteristic of our species. Building upon recent research, this paper identifies cognitive, motivational, and social factors that elicit or ...
Kaufmann A, Fanghella M, Michael J.
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Joint Commitment: What It Is and Why It Matters
There is reason to think that a particular concept of joint commitment informs much human behavior. This paper introduces the concept in question and briefly develops one argument for its centrality in human life.
Margaret Gilbert
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May Joint Commitment Stabilize Modus Vivendi?
This contribution intends to extend my previous attempt to defend modus vivendi as an alternative way to include people who do not share the essentials of a liberal society.
Roberta Sala
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