The source of punishment matters: Third-party punishment restrains observers from selfish behaviors better than does second-party punishment by shaping norm perceptions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 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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Fourth-Party Evaluation of Third-Party Pro-social Help and Punishment: An ERP Study
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Pro-social behaviors have been adequately studied by neuroscientists. However, few neural studies have focused on the social evaluation of pro-social behaviors, and none has compared the neural correlates of different pro-social decision evaluations.
Jianbiao Li +2 more
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“Watching Eyes” Triggers Third-Party Punishment: The Role of Emotion Within the Eyes [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 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]
Scientific Reports, 2023 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 Influence of Social Relationships on Third-Party Punishment: The Roles of Relationship Type Congruence and Threat Perception [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThird-party punishment involves bystanders voluntarily incurring costs to punish norm violators, thereby maintaining social norms and cooperation. While prior research shows reduced punishment when the bystander and violator are friends, less is known ...
Zhijie Xiang +4 more
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Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2020 Human cooperation is likely supported by our tendency to punish selfishness in others. Social norms play an important role in motivating third-party punishment, and also in explaining societal differences in prosocial behavior.
Bailey R House +2 more
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Time Pressure Weakens Social Norm Maintenance in Third-Party Punishment [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2023 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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The motivational basis of third-party punishment in children. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 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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Third-Party Punishment or Compensation? It Depends on the Reputational Benefits [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 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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The effect of altruistic tendency on fairness in third-party punishment [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 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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