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Does group size matter? Cheating and cooperation in Brazilian school children☆

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.09.001

1879-0607

Anuska Irene Alencar, José de Oliveira Siqueira, M. Yamamoto,

Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cooperation between individuals is an important requisite for the maintenance of social relationships. The purpose of this study was to investigate cooperation in children in the school environment, where individuals could cooperate or not with their classmates in a public goods game. We investigated which of the following variables influenced cooperation in children: sex, group size, and information on the number of sessions. Group size was the only factor to significantly affect cooperation, with small-group children cooperating significantly more than those in large groups. Both sex and information had no effect on cooperation. We suggest that these results reflect the fact that, in small groups, individuals were more efficient in controlling and retaliating theirs peers than in large groups.