Thesis – Final Version

Introduction. In this study we set out to find out the effect of amount of information about others’ decisions in a volunteer’s dilemma (VOD) game and whether people higher on social value orientation (SVO) volunteer more often than people low on SVO. We hypothesized that people with no information about others’ decisions would volunteer more often than those with some information. Further, we hypothesized that people high on SVO would volunteer more often than low SVO people. Methods. Participants in groups of three were asked to perform our version of the VOD game, where they had to either give up five of their 10 points for the group to gain a reward. Not volunteering by anyone would end in everyone getting no rewards. Not volunteering in a group with at least one other volunteer in the group would yield the highest reward. Further, they were asked to fill out an SVO questionnaire. Statistical analysis. We performed a crosstab with Chi-Square test on condition x volunteer yes/no...Show moreIntroduction. In this study we set out to find out the effect of amount of information about others’ decisions in a volunteer’s dilemma (VOD) game and whether people higher on social value orientation (SVO) volunteer more often than people low on SVO. We hypothesized that people with no information about others’ decisions would volunteer more often than those with some information. Further, we hypothesized that people high on SVO would volunteer more often than low SVO people. Methods. Participants in groups of three were asked to perform our version of the VOD game, where they had to either give up five of their 10 points for the group to gain a reward. Not volunteering by anyone would end in everyone getting no rewards. Not volunteering in a group with at least one other volunteer in the group would yield the highest reward. Further, they were asked to fill out an SVO questionnaire. Statistical analysis. We performed a crosstab with Chi-Square test on condition x volunteer yes/no for hypothesis one. For hypothesis 2 we performed an LRA on volunteering yes/no on the predictor SVO angle score. Results. Chi-square test for our first hypothesis was non-significant which suggests that amount of information has no effect on people’s decision to volunteer. Wald’s Chi-Square test for our second hypothesis was significant and the B-value was positive. This suggests that higher scores on SVO does indeed result in more volunteering behaviour.Show less

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