Subjects participating as decision makers in the TNG experimental simulation encountered a programmed emergency and then received an offer of aid from either an ally or an enemy donor. Findings indicate that recipients of aid from an ally donor perceived the donor to be more positively motivated and perceived the aid to reflect greater effort and to be of greater value than recipients of an equal amount of aid from ...
The effect of receiving unexpected aid from an ally or from an enemy was investigated. Subjects participated as decision making groups in the Tactical and Negotiations Game (TNG), an experimental simulation technique. After several periods of play, a programmed emergency occurred, which was in part relieved by the potentially altruistic aid from either subjects' ally or from their enemy. The effect of the offer of aid on acceptance of the ...
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