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Experimental Analysis of Macrocontingencies and Metacontingencies Between Group Competition
2023 · Behavior and Social Issues; v. 32; n. 2; p. 360-375; Fonte: Springer-Verlag
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 2023
- Dados editoriais
- Behavior and Social Issues; v. 32; n. 2; p. 360-375; Fonte: Springer-Verlag
- Palavras-chave
- BEHAVIOR-SOCIAL-ISSUES; análise do comportamento
Autores
- Kalliu Carvalho Couto ORCID: 0000-0002-8725-1755
- Mohsen Bahari
- Anne-Lise Stokken
- Lucas Couto de Carvalho
- Ingunn Sandaker
Resumo
AbstractMetacontingencies describe a functional relationship between interlocking behavioral contingencies that produce an aggregate product and a selecting environment. Various metacontingency procedures employ operant contingencies and metacontingencies concurrently to investigate participant’s choices to engage in a behavior as a function of either the magnitude or frequency of consequences. However, little research attention has been given to evaluate macrocontingencies to metacontingencies in the context of between-group competition. The present study compared the results of three experimental groups. In experimental group 1, participants responded to the task together and were allowed to use vocal communication. In experimental group 2, participants responded to the task individually. In experimental group 3, participants responded to the task together but were not allowed to use vocal communication. The results showed that some participants in group 2 reached a high percentage of correct responses, but the sum of their performance (macrocontingency) was not significantly better than chance. The performance of participants who cooperated (groups 1 and 3) was significantly better than chance. We discuss the role of between-group selection, within-group variability and social contingencies in the adaptive value of cooperation.