APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
The Importance of Interaction: The Effects of Instrumental Learning on Reward Learning and Trait Encoding
- Siri Loken
New York University - Leor Hackel
Stanford University - David Amodio
New York University, University of Amsterdam
Abstract
Through social interaction, people form trait impressions of others, yet also receive instrumental rewards. Using economic games, we investigated a potential role for instrumental learning in shaping social behavior. Rewards influenced choices above and beyond trait impressions, but only when people learned through instrumental interaction, as opposed to passive observation.
Social Cognition
