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Title:The effect of westernization on cooperative behaviour in Central Africa
Author:Bethlehem, Douglas W.
Year:1975
Periodical:International Journal of Psychology
Volume:10
Issue:3
Pages:219-224
Language:English
Geographic term:Zambia
Subjects:Tonga (Zambia, Zimbabwe)
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Abstract:The traditional ethos of Central African societies emphasizes cooperation and sharing. In a Prisoner's Dilemma game, traditional Tonga men and women in Zambia played more cooperatively than westernized Tonga people and Asian students. Their greater cooperatives showed most clearly in their tendency to make a cooperative response even after their partner had defected, whereas other groups tended to meet defection with defection. Ref., tab., French sum.
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