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In medio stat virtus: Theoretical and methodological extremes regarding reciprocity will not explain complex social behaviors
2012
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
AbstractGuala contests the validity of strong reciprocity as a key element in shaping social behavior by contrasting evidence from experimental games to that of natural and historic data. He suggests that in order to understand the evolution of social behavior researchers should focus on natural data and weak reciprocity. We disagree with Guala's proposal to shift the focus of the study from one extreme of the spectrum (strong reciprocity) to the other extreme (weak reciprocity). We argue that
doi:10.1017/s0140525x11001208
pmid:22289311
fatcat:5lxhae7xffdtvgp35aprmq6mym