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Locomotion in social dilemmas: How we adapt to cooperative, Tit-For-Tat, and noncooperative partners.

The authors address locomotion in social dilemmas, examining the influence of social value orientation (prosocial, individualistic, and competitive orientations) and partner's strategy (100 % cooperation, tit for tat, and 100 % noncooperation) on cooperative behavior and locomotion to enhanced or reduced levels of interdependence (tendencies toward approach vs. avoidance). Extending prior research on behavioral assimilation (e.g., H. H. Kelley & A. J. Stahelski, 1970), results revealed that a noncooperative partner elicited not only relatively low levels of cooperation but also locomotions to low interdependence. Also, relative to prosocials and individualists, competitors exhibited low levels of cooperation and locomotions to low interdependence with a tit-for-tat partner. This underscores the functionality of tit for tat, in that it moves away those who seek relative advantage, thus minimizing the costs following from noncoop-erative interactions. Generally, interactions tend to be pleasant with others who take our interests into account and behave in a cooperative manner. However, every now and then, one interacts with others who pursue their self-interest at the expense of one's own interest and the collective interest. How do people respond to others who act i