INTRA-GROUP POWER RELATIONS, STRATEGY, AND DECISIONS IN INTER-TRIAD COMPETITION

Abstract

Ten pairs of triads of each sex engaged in competition for monetary rewards in a Multiplication Game and a Matching Game. In each of these games, there were 12 contests, four each of three power-patterns. In each event, the two groups cast two votes, (1) which of three alternatives to enter into competition against the choice of the other group, (2) how to allocate a bonus, if they won. Players had the number of votes represented by their weights, in the power-pattern for that event. In comparison with the Board Game used in previous experiments, these triads reached a very high proportion of "triple alliances", typically arriving at consensus without regard to power differences. A comparison of Winning and Losing Groups strongly suggests that skill and decision making efficiency are both highly significant factors in winning. These results may be inter preted in terms of the development of intra group cooperation under conditions of inter group competition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0408396

Entities

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  • W. E. Vinacke

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  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Alliances
  • Bargaining
  • Competition
  • Cooperation
  • Efficiency
  • Errors
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Motivation
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociometrics
  • United States

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  • Psychology

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  • Game Theory.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design