Development of fairness considerations in social decision-making tasks based on evidence from the Ultimatum Game and the Dictator Game

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Event Abstract Back to Event Development of fairness considerations in social decision-making tasks based on evidence from the Ultimatum Game and the Dictator Game Berna Güroglu1* and E.A Crone1 1 University Leiden, Netherlands Displays of fair behavior play a crucial role in collaboration and reciprocal exchange in social interactions. In a behavioral study, participants from four age groups (age 9, 12, 15, and 18) were played the Ultimatum Game (UG) and the Dictator Game (DG). In the UG a proposer is asked to choose between two previously determined sets of distributions to share coins between him/herself and a responder. The proposed distribution is carried out if the responder accepts the offer made by the proposer, but when the proposal is not accepted by the responder, both players receive nothing. In the DG the responder may not reject the offer made. Our results demonstrated that in the DG participants of all ages make self-oriented offers. However, in the UG, increasing age is related to increasing fairness considerations (less self-oriented offers) and intentionality considerations (oldest participants are more likely to accept unfair offers when the other option of the proposer was also an unfair distribution). The results are in line with the developing role of perspective-taking skills in social interactions. Currently data is being collected employing the same tasks in the fMRI scanner to investigate the neurocognitive development of social decision-making. Conference: 10th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience, Bodrum, Turkey, 1 Sep - 5 Sep, 2008. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Decision Making and Response Selection Citation: Güroglu B and Crone E (2008). Development of fairness considerations in social decision-making tasks based on evidence from the Ultimatum Game and the Dictator Game. Conference Abstract: 10th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.01.195 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 08 Dec 2008; Published Online: 08 Dec 2008. * Correspondence: Berna Güroglu, University Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, bguroglu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Berna Güroglu E.A Crone Google Berna Güroglu E.A Crone Google Scholar Berna Güroglu E.A Crone PubMed Berna Güroglu E.A Crone Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.