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Title: | Older Adults Show Diminished Sensitivity to Potential Losses in Social Bargaining. | Authors: | Huang, Yi Chai, Jingwen Feng, Lei Yu, Rongjun |
Keywords: | aging cooperation fear greed |
Issue Date: | 6-Sep-2019 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) | Citation: | Huang, Yi, Chai, Jingwen, Feng, Lei, Yu, Rongjun (2019-09-06). Older Adults Show Diminished Sensitivity to Potential Losses in Social Bargaining.. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz113 | Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: Leaders in many organizations are older adults who routinely make decisions in social bargaining situations. However, we know little about the age-related differences in strategic decision making. METHODS: In the current study (n = 182), using a modified Prisoner's Dilemma game (PDG), we examined two important intrinsic motivations for non-cooperation: fear of betrayal and greedy desire to exploit other people among young and older Chinese Singaporeans. RESULTS: Results showed that compared with young adults, older adults demonstrated an intact greed motive but a diminished fear motive in the PDG. DISCUSSION: Our findings suggest a diminished sensitivity to social threat or potential losses due to betrayal in older adults' social decision making. Older adults may have a declined ability to assess social threats even though they retain the motivation to gain an exploitive advantage. | Source Title: | J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/162056 | ISSN: | 10795014 17585368 |
DOI: | 10.1093/geronb/gbz113 |
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