Which social decisions are intuitive? Which are deliberative? The dual-process approach to human sociality has emerged in the last decades as a vibrant and exciting area of research. Yet, a perspective that integrates empirical and theoretical work is lacking. This review and meta-analysis synthesizes the existing literature on the cognitive basis of cooperation, altruism, truth-telling, positive and negative reciprocity, and deontology, and develops a framework that organizes the experimental regularities. The meta-analytic results suggest that intuition favours a set of heuristics that are related to the instinct of self-preservation: people avoid being harmed, avoid harming others (especially when there is a risk of harm to themselves), and are averse to disadvantageous inequalities. Finally, this paper highlights some key research questions to further advance our understanding of the cognitive foundations of human sociality.
翻译:哪些社交决策是直觉性的?哪些是深思熟虑的?人类社交性的双过程方法在过去几十年中已成为一个充满活力且令人兴奋的研究领域。然而,目前尚缺乏一个整合实证与理论研究的视角。本综述与元分析综合了关于合作、利他、诚实、正负互惠以及道义论认知基础的现有文献,并构建了一个组织实验规律的理论框架。元分析结果表明,直觉倾向于支持一套与自保本能相关的启发式策略:人们避免受到伤害、避免伤害他人(尤其在可能对自身造成伤害的风险时),并且厌恶不利的不平等。最后,本文提出了一些关键研究问题,以进一步深化我们对人类社交性认知基础的理解。