Lee Cronk
The influence of cultural framing on play in the trust game: a Maasai example
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
effects cultural framing behavior experimental games explored trust game maasai concept osotua maasai use term osotua refer giftgiving relationships based obligation need respect restraint trust game first player given money opportunity give portion second player amount given multiplied experimenter second player opportunity give amount back first player fifty trust games played maasai men field site north central kenya half games played without deliberate framing half framed statement osotua game compared games deliberate framing played within osotua rhetorical frame associated lower transfers players lower expected returns part first players osotua rhetorical framing also associated negative correlation amounts given first player amounts returned second results implications experimental game method understanding relationship culture behavior