The role of costly commitment signals in assorting cooperators during intergroup conflict
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F25840886%3A_____%2F24%3AN0000006" target="_blank" >RIV/25840886:_____/24:N0000006 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513824000035" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513824000035</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.01.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.01.003</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The role of costly commitment signals in assorting cooperators during intergroup conflict
Original language description
A reliable assortment of committed individuals is crucial for success in intergroup conflict due to the danger of shirking. Theory predicts that reliable communication of commitment is afforded by costly signals that track cooperative intent. Across four pre-registered studies (total N = 1440, general US population), we used the public goods game where groups competed for resources to investigate whether and how costly signals function to assort cooperators. We found that costly signals assorted more cooperative participants, creating groups that would win most of the between-group clashes. The same effects were not observed when participants were assigned to signal, implying that signaling tracks but does not create cooperative intent. However, contrary to costly signaling theory, we found that low cost signals were more effective in cooperator assortment compared to high cost signals and suggest that future studies need to focus on signaler perception of cost/benefit trade-off of signaling.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
—
OECD FORD branch
50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF19_074%2F0012727" target="_blank" >EF19_074/0012727: MSCAfellow3@MUNI</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Evolution and Human Behavior
ISSN
1090-5138
e-ISSN
—
Volume of the periodical
45
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
131-143
UT code for WoS article
999
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85184241269