囚徒选择和中国人的义

Prisoner's Choice and the Righteousness of Traditional Chinese Culture

通过对囚徒困境博弈的囚徒策略选择发现,中国被试的囚徒策略选择受到中国传统文化中的义的影响:在一次囚徒博弈中,并不像传统博弈论预测的那样被试选择坦白为最优策略,而是有一半多的被试选择了不坦白策略;在进行囚徒选择时大多数被试都意识到了囚徒之间的熟悉关系。囚徒关系被激活后,选择不坦白策略的被试与选择坦白策略的被试之间有显著差异,但性别差异不显著。结果表明,中国传统文化中的"义"以及相应的人际信任是导致被试选择不坦白策略的主要原因。

The traditional game theory stipulates that one will choose to confess the crime in prisoner＇s dilemma, however,our study reveals an opposite view ： Chinese prisoner＇s choice is essentially affected by the righteousness of traditional Chinese culture. We find that half of the subjects chose non-cooperation, but they chose non-cooperation when they were aware of the relation of prisoners than those who were not aware of the relation. After estimating the relation of prisoners,subjects were more likely to choose non-cooperation. No significant gender difference was found in the strategy. Thus, we concluded that Chinese are more interested in interpersonal relation than mere material profits. The most important reason for the tendency of choice is the righteousness of traditional Chinese culture and interpersonal trust.