Social Psychology Videos: Social Dilemmas

Script: Nils Köbis and Paul van Lange
Narration: Hadija Mkwella
Video: Diana Onu


This video is part of a series on social psychology published by In-Mind Magazine (www.in-mind.org). The production of this video was supported by a Grass Roots Grant from Tilburg University.


For some further reading:

Great introductory text to the topic: http://www.socialdilemma.com/content/...

Readings on social dilemmas and how they can solve real problems:
Anon, Understanding human cooperation in social dilemmas: Field economic experiments with artisanal benthic fishers in Chile | CICS. Available at: http://www.complejidadsocial.cl/2013/... [Accessed January 30, 2017].
Cardenas, J.-C., 2000. How Do Groups Solve Local Commons Dilemmas? Lessons from Experimental Economics in the Field. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2, pp.305–322.
Irwin, K. & Berigan, N., 2013. Trust, Culture, and Cooperation: A Social Dilemma Analysis of Pro-Environmental Behaviors. The Sociological Quarterly, 54(3), pp.424–449. Available at: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/tsq.12029 .

Papers linking theory on social dilemmas and its real-life applications:
Ostrom, E., Burger, J. & Field, C., 1999. Revisiting the commons: Local lessons, global challenges. Science, 284, pp.278–282.
Van Lange, P.A.M. & Joireman, J.A., 2008. How We Can Promote Behavior That Serves All of Us in the Future. Social Issues and Policy Review, 2, pp.127–157.

The "Godfather" of social dilemmas research:
The classic study: Hardin, G., 1968. The tragedy of the commons J. Dryzek & D. Schlosberg, eds. Science, 162, pp.1243–1248.
30 years later: Hardin, G., 1998. Extensions of 'The Tragedy of the Commons'; Science, 280(5364).

On corruption as a social dilemma:
Köbis, N.C. et al., 2016. Prospection in individual and interpersonal corruption dilemmas. Review of General Psychology, 20(1), pp.71–85.
Rothstein, B., 2000. Trust, Social Dilemmas and Collective Memories. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 12(4), pp.477–501.
Köbis, N. C., Van Prooijen, J. W., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2017). The road to bribery and corruption: Slippery slope or steep cliff? Psychological Science, 28, 1-10.

On trust:
Van Lange, P. A. M. (2015). Generalized trust: Four lessons from genetics and culture. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(1), 71-76.

On social values orientation:
Balliet, D., Parks, C.D. & Joireman, J., 2009. Social value orientation and cooperation in social dilemmas: A meta-analysis. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 12, pp.533–547.

Further reading on social dilemmas:
Van Lange, P. A. M. Joireman, J., Parks, C. D., & Van Dijk, E. (2013). The psychology of social dilemmas: A review. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 120, 125-141.
Rand, D.G., Greene, J.D. & Nowak, M.A., 2012. Spontaneous giving and calculated greed. Nature, 489(7416), pp.427–430.
Fehr, E. & Gächter, S., 2000. Cooperation and punishment in public goods experiments. American Economic Review, 90(4), pp.980–994.
Dawes, R.M., 1980. Social dilemmas. Annual review of psychology, 31(1), pp.169–193.
Dawes, R.M. & Messick, D.M., 2000. Social Dilemmas. International Journal of Psychology, 35(2), pp.111–116.
Kollock, P., 1998. Social dilemmas: The anatomy of cooperation. Annual review of sociology.
Axelrod, R. A. (1984). The evolution of cooperation. New York: Basic Books.
Fehr, E., & Gächter, S. (2002). Altruistic punishment in humans. Nature, 415, 137-140.
Yamagishi, T. (2011a). Trust: The evolutionary game of mind and society. New York, NY: Springer.