An Examination of Sanctioning in the Attacker Defender Game Using the Principal Agent System

Conflict is ever present in human society, and we endeavour to better understand the psychological mechanisms and decisions behind this conflict. Further expanding on work of the attacker-defender game (ADG), while employing a principal-agent system, we examine sanctioning behaviour in this paradigm. This research finds that there is significantly more positive sanctioning for successful outcomes compared to failed outcomes in the ADG, for both attack and defence (H1/2). In comparing sanctioning for attack and defence, a significant difference was observed, with more positive sanctions awarded to attack outcomes compared to defence outcomes (H3). Similarly, overall successful outcomes were significantly more positively sanctioned when compared to failed outcomes (H4). Finally, a low-level significant interaction in a 2 x 2 model was observed for attack, defence and successful, failed outcomes in the ADG (H5). This research sets the foundations for further examination of sanctioning...Show moreConflict is ever present in human society, and we endeavour to better understand the psychological mechanisms and decisions behind this conflict. Further expanding on work of the attacker-defender game (ADG), while employing a principal-agent system, we examine sanctioning behaviour in this paradigm. This research finds that there is significantly more positive sanctioning for successful outcomes compared to failed outcomes in the ADG, for both attack and defence (H1/2). In comparing sanctioning for attack and defence, a significant difference was observed, with more positive sanctions awarded to attack outcomes compared to defence outcomes (H3). Similarly, overall successful outcomes were significantly more positively sanctioned when compared to failed outcomes (H4). Finally, a low-level significant interaction in a 2 x 2 model was observed for attack, defence and successful, failed outcomes in the ADG (H5). This research sets the foundations for further examination of sanctioning behaviour on decisions in the ADG.Show less

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An Examination of Sanctioning in the Attacker Defender Game Using the Principal Agent System