Reciprocation: The old give and take...and take

12 important questions on Reciprocation: The old give and take...and take

What discovered Gouldner?

Resiprocation is inherent in all humans

Bi directionalism of reciprocation

1 The netherlands helped the usa after kathrina more quickly than the usa did itself (for repaying tythe watersnoodramp)
2 the citicens rioted because the government was slower than the government of another country for taking action

What was the study by reagan?

two people watching pictures in musea.

Assistent brought soda for both of them. afterwards asked him to buy some lottery tickets, sold more tickets than when he didn't give the soda.

There was no difference between liking the assistant or not.
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What is log rolling?

exchanging favors for favors
mostly political

What is special for Amway door to door sales?

They leave a sample and come back after a few days.
The sample is perceived as a gift, and the people buy the products that they sampled

Why survived the woman jonestown according to herself?

shw didnt accept any gifts from Jim Jones

What is important for reprocation in close bonds?

The willingness for reprocation is more important than the reprocation itself.
The "debt" can even damage relations if you feel that youHAVE to repay it

What is the concession strategy? (rejection and concession)

Someone makes a high offer, gets rejected by the other, does a concession (The price that he had originally in mind), and the other person feels like he also has to make a concession and accepts the offer

(can be a lottery ticket for 5,- and the concession can be a chocolate bar for 1,-)

What was the role in reciprocation by watergate?

1st price 1 million
2nd 500.000
3rd 250.000

The contrast principle and concession (reject and retreat) principle worked together.
only person who voted against the plan was someone who wasn't there the 1st and 2nd time.

(watergate was a disaster)

How do persons that fall for concession techniques respond?

a blood donation study.

1st, donating blood every 6 weeks.
2nd only donating once

The people that donated because of the concession technique were more likely to donate blood when asked again, compared to the people that were just asked to donate a pint of blood.

Why were the manipulated people in the blood donation study more likely to donate again?

They felt more responsible because they negotiated for the deal, and were more satisfied with it because of that.

What is most important to avoid falling prey to the rule of reciprocation?

identify that the rule is being used. This is more important than the requester.

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