The Generosity Experiment - Results

Intervention

Detail

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1 dependent variable

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N= 24 in condition 1

gifted dinner

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N= 26 in condition 2

collaborative dinner

Gifted ::

2/24 people changed G metric after the gifted dinner, one in each direction

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1/24 people gave extra money (G++)

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so 3 total changes in G metric

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4 people kept money bc didn't change G metric

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Collaborative ::

7/26 people changed their G metric, 3 bc more and 4 become less generors, but all of those who bc more generoar gave extra money!

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2 people kept money bc didn't change G metric

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Main Observations

#1 most people gave all the pre and post dinner money

#2 most people stayed the same in terms of generosity

#3 more people in the gifted condition gifted ALL their money

#4 in the gifted condition, there were small changes in G metric, where as in the collaborative condition there much larger changes in the G metric

#5 one person went above and beyond and they gave $1 in the gifted condition, 3 people went over and above in the created and they gave $18!