Keywords:
machiavellianism,
trust,
cooperation,
reciprocity,
ZKPQ,
MACH-IV.test,
cool-blood,
Trust-game
Abstract
The propensity to trust others is the base of cooperation in each society. Understandably it always keeps company with reciprocity. Machiavellian behavioural strategy is characterised by the tendency to manipulate and exploit others. In this exploration below we were searching for the answer, how do a machiavellian person behave in a social dilemma situation. Do they cooperate and trust in a stranger? Do they reciprocate a favour? To modell the common relationships we used the so called Trust-game. To measure the personal traits, we applied the Zuckerman-Kuhlman quiestionnare (ZKPQ) and the MACH-IV. test. We found that high Machs are less cooperative and tend not to reciprocate the received favor.
Author Biographies
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Linda Szijjártó, University of Pecs
Linda Szijjártó is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Pécs, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, a Research Fellow at the University of Pécs, Institute of Psychology. She graduated in 2009 as a psychologyst at the University of Pecs. The same year she started her PhD studies at the Institute of Psychology, University of Pecs, within the frames of the Evolutionary and Cognitive Psychology PhD programme. Now she work on her PhD dissertation. Her research interest is focused on the decision making and emotional regulation of Machiavellian persons in social dilemma situations.
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Prof. Dr. Tamás Bereczkei, University of Pecs
Tamas Bereczkei (Prof. Dr.) is the director of the Institute of Psychology in the University of Pécs. He has graduated as a biologist, received his PhD degree in philosophy, and obtained the title of a doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Science in psychology. His research area is evolutionary psychology and the related issues in cognitive, social and developmental psychology. He has been conducting studies in various topics, such as altruism, Machiavellianism, mate choice, parental care, and others. He has published 8 books and near 100 papers in various journals and books, in English and Hungarian languages. He is the editor of Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, and a member of several scientific
communities. He established the Evolutionary Psychology Research Group of Pécs.
