Talk:Norm of reciprocity

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I have decided to edit this article for Psych 2410A at King’s 2012‖ MeganVan123 (talk) 06:11, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

I have decided to edit this article for Psych 2410A at King’s 2012‖ Drosehar (talk) 18:09, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Improvements Proposal
As part of the article editing for the APS Wikipedia Initiative, I plan on making the following improvements:

1) I will introduce and describe a research article written by Mary B. Harris in 1970 titled "Reciprocity and Generosity: Some Determinants of Sharing in Children"

2) I will further explain the Norm of Reciprocity by including definitions (and maybe sections) for negative reciprocity, positive reciprocity, public reciprocity and private reciprocity

3) I will simplify some of the wording already present in the article

MeganVan123 (talk) 01:22, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Megan! I think that all of your improvements to the article are great. In particular, I admire that you went through and fixed the old references so that they matched up with the new apa format. I also enjoyed the sections you added. I thought they were extremely relevant and added to the understanding of the reader. You really broadened things by touching on the negative, positive, public and private aspects of the norm of reciprocity. i think that for next time you could focus more on your third proposed change because I didn't see a lot of rewording and simplifying. Otherwise things are great! (Mbritto5 (talk) 03:30, 8 November 2012 (UTC))

Proposed improvements
1) Describe positive and negative reciprocity norms in detail

2) Explain how expectational trust, a need for dominance, impulsivity, and dispositional anger might influence how a person reacts to acts of kindness or mistreatment

3) Introduce the results found from a study examining the relationship of individual endorsement of the negative reciprocity norm with emotional and retributive reactions to favourable and unfavourable treatment

- Eisenberger Robert, Lynch Patrick, Aselage Justin and Rothdieck Stephane (2004). Individual Differences in Negative Reciprocity Norm Endorsement. University of Delaware

Drosehar (talk) 00:50, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

You made a great contribution to this article. I liked how you explained Carlsmith, Darley and Robinson’s study very clearly and it was easy to understand. Just some suggestions, when you reference the article, the title of the article should be italicized or underlined. But other than that, great work! Thuynh46 (talk) 13:55, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

My Improvement Proposal
1. I will focus on an article written by Ya-Ru Chen, Xiao-Ping Chen and Rebecca Portnoy called "To whom do positive norm of reciprocity apply? Effects of inequitable offer, relationship and relational-self orientation" that explores the type of people we show reciprocity towards in both negative and positive ways.

2. Important terms such as negative and positive reciprocity should be defined as well as more general terms such as good deed and favour.

3. Focus in on a specific case study that looks at the conditions of a reciprocal relationship and the reasons why we engage in such relationships.

- Ya-Ru Chen, Xiao-Ping Chen and Rebecca Portnoy (2009). To whom do positive norm of reciprocity apply? Effects of inequitable offer, relationship and relational-self orientation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Dlefort (talk) 16:56, 4 October 2012 (UTC)