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Advantageous and disadvantageous inequality aversion can be taught through learning of others’ preferences

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By Shen Zhang, Oriel Feldman Hall, A Ross Otto
| eLife
Request a detailed protocol We used a modified version of the Ultimatum Game (Güth et al., 1982) to probe participants’ fairness preference. In this task, the proposer offers an allocation of a total amount (e.g. $1 out of $10). Then, another player, the Receiver, chooses to reject or accept the proposed allocation. If the Receiver accepts, both players receive the proposed amount; if they reject, both players receive nothing.
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How Influential People Map Their Social World

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By Oriel Feldman Hall
| Scientific American Verified
What do social climbers and gossipmongers have in common? My mother would tell me that both are morally suspect. This moral umbrage is etched into lessons from fairy tales and scripture that we readily pass on to our children: Avoid the schemer and the whisperer. But stories are known to simplify reality. The truth is that that the most effective gossipers and social climbers possess a remarkable grasp of social structure, knowledge they use to cleverly navigate their social worlds.
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Gossiping Is Smarter Than You Think

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By Oriel Feldman Hall
| TIME Verified
Before there was social media, there was gossip. Long before tweets could topple reputations, whispers did the job just fine—sometimes with deadlier precision. Gossip fed the frenzy of the Salem Witch Trials and has been the subtext of one too many fables where mischief masks moral rot. But gossip has also been a lifeline, fueling resistance, stitching together communities, and rallying support for social justice movements the world over. Historically, gossip is equal parts social glue and poison.
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