Fairness and Trust Scenarios Flashcards

Pymetrics tracks how often players punish unfair offers even at personal cost. This is known as what type of behavior?

Answer: Costly punishment

Costly punishment refers to sacrificing your own resources to sanction unfair behavior in others, a key social norm enforcer.

In a Pymetrics multiplayer scenario, all players benefit most if everyone cooperates, but any single player benefits slightly more by defecting. This structure is called:

Answer: Prisoner's Dilemma

The Prisoner's Dilemma describes situations where individual rational defection leads to collectively worse outcomes than mutual cooperation.

You're playing a Pymetrics scenario where you must allocate a bonus among team members. Person A worked hardest, Person B has the most financial need, Person C is most senior. Equity-based fairness suggests giving most to:

Answer: Person A, based on contribution

Equity-based fairness allocates rewards proportional to contributions, making Person A the equity-based choice.

In Pymetrics games, a player who consistently returns a fair share in the Trust Game even when they could keep everything is demonstrating:

Answer: Trustworthiness and reciprocity norms

Returning a fair share when not obligated demonstrates trustworthiness and adherence to reciprocity norms.

Pymetrics scenario: Your manager assigns you a plum project based on favoritism, not merit. A colleague who deserved it says nothing. What does their silence likely reflect in trust terms?

Answer: Learned helplessness or low procedural trust

Silence in the face of procedural unfairness often reflects reduced institutional trust or learned helplessness about outcomes.

In Pymetrics emotional assessments tied to fairness, recognizing 'contempt' accurately in a face is important because contempt in negotiation typically signals:

Answer: The other party feels morally superior and may disengage

Contempt signals a sense of moral superiority and often precedes disengagement or rejection in negotiations.

A Pymetrics fairness task shows you two options: Option A gives you $50 and a stranger $50. Option B gives you $60 and a stranger $100. Many people choose A. This reflects:

Answer: Advantageous inequity aversion

Preferring equal splits over getting less than the other person (even when your absolute amount is higher) reflects advantageous inequity aversion.