Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment

Human cooperation is probably supported by our tendency to punish selfishness in others. Social norms play an important role in motivating third-party punishment (TPP), and also in explaining societal differences in prosocial behaviour. However, there has been little work directly linking social nor...

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Autores: House, Bailey R., Kanngiesser, Patricia, Barret, H. Clark, Yilmaz, Süheyla, Smith, Andrew Marcus, Sebastián Enesco, Carla, Erut, Alejandro, Silk, Joan B.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129628
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Third-party punishment
Prosocial behaviour
Social norm
Cross-cultural
Altruistic punishment
Antisocial punishment
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spelling Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishmentHouse, Bailey R.Kanngiesser, PatriciaBarret, H. ClarkYilmaz, SüheylaSmith, Andrew MarcusSebastián Enesco, CarlaErut, AlejandroSilk, Joan B.Third-party punishmentProsocial behaviourSocial normCross-culturalAltruistic punishmentAntisocial punishmentPsicología (Psicología)61 PsicologíaHuman cooperation is probably supported by our tendency to punish selfishness in others. Social norms play an important role in motivating third-party punishment (TPP), and also in explaining societal differences in prosocial behaviour. However, there has been little work directly linking social norms to the development of TPP across societies. In this study, we explored the impact of normative information on the development of TPP in 603 children aged 4–14, across six diverse societies. Children began to perform TPP during middle childhood, and the developmental trajectories of this behaviour were similar across societies. We also found that social norms began to influence the likelihood of performing TPP during middle childhood in some of these societies. Norms specifying the punishment of selfishness were generally more influential than norms specifying the punishment of prosocial behaviour. These findings support the view that TPP of selfishness is important in all societies, and its development is shaped by a shared psychology for responding to normative information. Yet, the results also highlight the important role that children's prior knowledge of local norms may play in explaining societal variation in the development of both TPP and prosociality.Royal Society PublishingUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20202020-03-2520202020-03-25journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129628reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1296282026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
title Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
spellingShingle Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
House, Bailey R.
Third-party punishment
Prosocial behaviour
Social norm
Cross-cultural
Altruistic punishment
Antisocial punishment
Psicología (Psicología)
61 Psicología
title_short Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
title_full Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
title_fullStr Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
title_full_unstemmed Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
title_sort Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv House, Bailey R.
Kanngiesser, Patricia
Barret, H. Clark
Yilmaz, Süheyla
Smith, Andrew Marcus
Sebastián Enesco, Carla
Erut, Alejandro
Silk, Joan B.
author House, Bailey R.
author_facet House, Bailey R.
Kanngiesser, Patricia
Barret, H. Clark
Yilmaz, Süheyla
Smith, Andrew Marcus
Sebastián Enesco, Carla
Erut, Alejandro
Silk, Joan B.
author_role author
author2 Kanngiesser, Patricia
Barret, H. Clark
Yilmaz, Süheyla
Smith, Andrew Marcus
Sebastián Enesco, Carla
Erut, Alejandro
Silk, Joan B.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Third-party punishment
Prosocial behaviour
Social norm
Cross-cultural
Altruistic punishment
Antisocial punishment
Psicología (Psicología)
61 Psicología
topic Third-party punishment
Prosocial behaviour
Social norm
Cross-cultural
Altruistic punishment
Antisocial punishment
Psicología (Psicología)
61 Psicología
description Human cooperation is probably supported by our tendency to punish selfishness in others. Social norms play an important role in motivating third-party punishment (TPP), and also in explaining societal differences in prosocial behaviour. However, there has been little work directly linking social norms to the development of TPP across societies. In this study, we explored the impact of normative information on the development of TPP in 603 children aged 4–14, across six diverse societies. Children began to perform TPP during middle childhood, and the developmental trajectories of this behaviour were similar across societies. We also found that social norms began to influence the likelihood of performing TPP during middle childhood in some of these societies. Norms specifying the punishment of selfishness were generally more influential than norms specifying the punishment of prosocial behaviour. These findings support the view that TPP of selfishness is important in all societies, and its development is shaped by a shared psychology for responding to normative information. Yet, the results also highlight the important role that children's prior knowledge of local norms may play in explaining societal variation in the development of both TPP and prosociality.
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