Efectos de la restricción del tiempo, el nivel de informatividad y la percepción de equidad sobre la transgresión de la norma social de equidad

Abstract

This research addresses the effect of time restriction, the level of informativeness and the perception of equity on the transgression of social norms, using the ultimatum game. The sample consisted of 80 university students from different academic programs of the Catholic University of Pereira, divided into 8 groups based on a quasi-experimental design of repeated measures defined by three independent variables at two levels: restriction or non-restriction of time, perception of equity or inequity and high or low informativeness. The experimental task consisted of a version of the ultimatum game made up of four phases (two in the role of responder and two in the role of proposer) each consisting of 10 rounds. The results showed a tendency to comply with the social norm of equity in cases where the participants were exposed to the condition of equity, this was reflected in the high rates of acceptance of the offers. On the other hand, rejection rates were higher in the conditions of exposure to inequity, however, an important finding was presented in group 6, in which the participants made equitable offers, despite being subjected to conditions of inequity. Regarding the time restriction variable, there were no significant effects; the level of informativeness had a significant effect on the total scores accumulated by the participants. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications on the understanding of the variables associated with the follow-up or transgression of social norms in the field of legal psychology.