Minimal conditions for the creation of a unit relationship: The social bond between birthday mates

Dale T. Miller, Julie S. Downs, Deborah A. Prentice

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Abstract

We hypothesize that sharing a birthday is sufficient to create a unit relationship. Two studies demonstrated that individuals cooperated more in a prisoners dilemma game when their (fictitious) opponent shared their birthday. They also reacted more negatively to betrayal and were less sensitive to relative gains for self versus other.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)475-481
Number of pages7
JournalEuropean Journal of Social Psychology
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Social Psychology

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