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Development of Ostracism Paradigm Under the Frame of Public Good Game
Received date: 2022-08-29
Online published: 2023-07-14
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Social exclusion has two dimensions. One is the target of the exclusion (i.e., the victim) and the other is the source of exclusion (i.e., the rejecter). However, existing paradigms focusing on rejecters have exhibited a limitation in their ability to consistently elicit exclusionary behavior. To address this gap, the present study integrated social exclusion within the framework of the Public Good Game (PGG) and devised a novel paradigm for rejecters. This new paradigm demonstrated a significantly higher success rate in inducing exclusionary behavior. Furthermore, we used two experiments to test it. The result of Experiment 1 showed that participants of the experiment group had a significantly higher rate to do the exclusion behavior than the control group. To simulate real-life social exclusion contexts, Experiment 2 introduced an “anonymous” factor. The results revealed that participants of the experiment group exhibited a significantly higher rate of engaging in social exclusion behavior under the anonymous condition compared to the public condition. The newly developed paradigm in this study proves to be highly effective in eliciting social exclusion behavior, providing a fresh approach to examining social exclusion from the perspective of the rejecter.
Junqing HUANG , Kaizheng LI , Shuyue ZHANG . Development of Ostracism Paradigm Under the Frame of Public Good Game[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023 , 21(3) : 320 -327 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.03.005
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