[CQ-Contest] [ ars technica ] "Winners act as thick as thieves"

[Steve Sacco NN4X]

I always enjoy reading about the psychology of competition, etcetera, in 
other domains.  I'm passing this along FYI, as with all the rigorous log 
checking, I believe our competitions and competitors are, on average, 
quite honest.

Winners act as thick as thieves
People who win contests more likely than losers to steal from their peers.

[ SNIP ]
A new study published in PNAS, however, suggests that winning a 
competition may end up making us behave dishonestly, adding further 
nuance to the paradigm of the “good sport” and the “sore loser.” The 
work indicates that winners were more likely to steal money from peers 
during subsequent interactions, perhaps due to feelings of entitlement. 
While previous studies have shown that honesty and dishonesty can 
influence the odds of winning a competition, this study presents new 
data suggesting that these influences go both ways.
[ /SNIP ]


[ SOURCE ] 
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/winners-act-as-thick-as-thieves/

73,
Steve Sacco
NN4X
Narcoossee, FL
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