The motivational basis of third-party punishment in children. [PDF]
People willingly accept personal costs to sanction norm violations even if they are not personally affected by the wrongdoing and even if their sanctioning yields no immediate benefits-a behavior known as third-party punishment.
Mathias Twardawski, Benjamin E Hilbig
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“Watching Eyes” Triggers Third-Party Punishment: The Role of Emotion Within the Eyes [PDF]
Third-party punishment refers to a behavioral phenomenon whereby people punish wrongdoers even if their sanction incurs personal costs but yields no direct benefits.
Mingping Li +3 more
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Strengths of social ties modulate brain computations for third-party punishment [PDF]
Costly punishment of social norm transgressors by third-parties has been considered as a decisive stage in the evolution of human cooperation. An important facet of social relationship knowledge concerns the strength of the social ties between ...
Zixuan Tang +6 more
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The source of punishment matters: Third-party punishment restrains observers from selfish behaviors better than does second-party punishment by shaping norm perceptions. [PDF]
Punishment aims to deter individuals' selfish behaviors, but it can occasionally backfire. Some scholars have proposed promoting prosocial behaviors using punishment that communicates positive social norms because it provides additional motivation ...
Hezhi Chen, Zhijia Zeng, Jianhong Ma
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Both loved and feared: third party punishers are viewed as formidable and likeable, but these reputational benefits may only be open to dominant individuals. [PDF]
Third party punishment can be evolutionarily stable if there is heterogeneity in the cost of punishment or if punishers receive a reputational benefit from their actions.
David S Gordon +2 more
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Time Pressure Weakens Social Norm Maintenance in Third-Party Punishment [PDF]
Decision-making under time pressure may better reflect an individual’s response preference, but few studies have examined whether individuals choose to be more selfish or altruistic in a scenario where third-party punishment is essential for maintaining ...
Xing Zhou +7 more
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Third-Party Punishment or Compensation? It Depends on the Reputational Benefits [PDF]
Third-party fairness maintenance could win some reputational benefits, and it includes two methods: punishment and compensation. We predicted that the third parties' preference between punishment and compensation are affected by whether they are free to ...
Zhuang Li +4 more
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Group membership and adolescents’ third-party punishment: a moderated chain mediation model [PDF]
Third-party punishment (TPP) reflects people’s social preference for fairness norms and is fundamental to maintaining fairness norms on a large scale. Several empirical studies have shown that the offender’s group membership impacts TPP, but the detailed
Zhen Zhang +5 more
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The effect of altruistic tendency on fairness in third-party punishment [PDF]
Third-party punishment, as an altruistic behavior, was found to relate to inequity aversion in previous research. However, not all people show altruistic third party punishment, previous research found that altruistic tendency, as an individual ...
Lu eSun +7 more
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Across six societies children engage in costly third-party punishment of unfair sharing [PDF]
Third-party punishment of unfairness shows striking cross-societal variation in adults, yet we know little about where and when in development this variation starts to emerge.
Katherine McAuliffe +10 more
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