Table 1 Experimental games.

From: Variations in limited resources allocation towards friends and strangers in children and adolescents from seven economically and culturally diverse societies

Games

Allocation decision [option 1]

Allocation decision [option 2]

Allocation decision [option 3]

1

Prosocial game

1 SELF : 0 PARTNER

1SELF : 1 PARTNER

 

2

Envy game

1 SELF : 0 PARTNER*

1 SELF : 1 PARTNER

1 SELF : 2 PARTNER

3

Sharing game

2 SELF : 0 PARTNER

1 SELF : 1 PARTNER

0 SELF : 2 PARTNER*

  1. Three games: in each game a player had to make a decision of how to allocate candies between himself/herself and/or a virtual partner. Each game was played twice: once toward an anonymous friend, and once toward an anonymous stranger of the same age.
  2. * decisions that deviate from the original method.
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