Social discounting rate is negatively correlated with fluid intelligence

The purpose of the study was to verify a hypothesis, inspired by the handicap principle, of a positive relationship between subjective value of a hypothetical monetary reward shared with others and the level of fluid intelligence. Manipulation involved the amount of reward to be shared (small vs. la...

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Published inPersonality and individual differences Vol. 59; pp. 44 - 49
Main Authors Osiński, Jerzy, Ostaszewski, Paweł, Karbowski, Adam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier 01.03.2014
Elsevier Ltd
Subjects
Altruism
Behavior. Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
Costly signalling
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Intelligence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social discounting
Social psychology
Temporal discounting
Social discounting
Temporal discounting
Altruism
Intelligence
Costly signalling
Human
Cognition
Subjective evaluation
Social behavior
Social interaction
Correlation analysis
Cooperation
Reward
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Summary:The purpose of the study was to verify a hypothesis, inspired by the handicap principle, of a positive relationship between subjective value of a hypothetical monetary reward shared with others and the level of fluid intelligence. Manipulation involved the amount of reward to be shared (small vs. large amount) and subject's relationship to recipients (related vs. unrelated). As expected, a positive correlation was found between the subjective value of a reward to be shared with others, measured as the area under the curve for the discounting function and Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices scores, but the relationship was only present for rewards shared with relatives. In addition, participants who made altruistic choices in all items scored higher in RPM than those who were not as consistent. The implications of results for the evolutionary interpretation of the relationship between intelligence and altruism are discussed.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2013.10.030