Scientists develop new and more realistic model of human interaction
Monday, November 12, 2018 - 15:20
in Psychology & Sociology
Indirect reciprocity is a model of how humans act when their reputation is at stake, and which social norms people use to evaluate the actions of others. Researchers seek to know which social norms lead to cooperation in a society. Previous studies have always assumed that everyone in the population has all the relevant information and that everyone agrees who is good and bad—assumptions at odds with reality.