TY - JOUR TI - A tale of two norms DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3VD6WX4 PY - 2014 AB - Recent work has demonstrated that social preferences (choice functions that include the impact on others in the calculation) may be different for monetary vs. nonmonetary decisions. The current work utilized the Dictator Game (and Trust Game, Study 2) to provide a test of this notion and examine whether it is driven by social norms. Study 1 found support for the idea that individuals may be more generous for food compared with money, but Study 2 and Study 3 failed to replicate this effect. Study 2 and Study 3 also added a condition where the food was monetized (i.e., described as having a specific monetary value), but behavior in this condition was not significantly different from situations in which the food was not monetized. The impact of social norms was measured in Study 2 and Study 3, but the results were inconclusive due to the lack of behavioral differences across conditions. KW - Psychology KW - Game theory KW - Altruism KW - Decision making--Physiological aspects LA - eng ER -