This research shows that shame plays an important role in retaliation for participants from an honor culture, an even more important role than anger. In a scenario study (N = 77), comparing insulted and non-insulted participants from honor cultures and nonhonor cultures, participants responded...

We investigate the effect of power differences and associated expectations in social decision-making. Using a modified ultimatum game, we show that allocators lower their offers to recipients when the power difference shifts in favor of the allocator. Remarkably, however, when recipients are...