Table 3.
Conditional process analyses: Testing the effect of noise on the magnitude of the mediators’ association with cooperation (Effect A × C).
| Mediator | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benign impressions |
MinDiff |
MaxOther |
MaxOwn |
MaxRel | ||||||
| F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | |
| Noise (A) | 5.63 | .018 | 3.49 | .063 | 3.96 | .047 | 2.59 | .109 | 4.93 | .027 |
| Interaction type (B) | 0.46 | .498 | 0.54 | .816 | 0.05 | .830 | 0.25 | .618 | 0.50 | .480 |
| A × B | 1.68 | .196 | 2.78 | .097 | 3.74 | .054 | 3.22 | .074 | 2.42 | .121 |
| Mediator (C) | 15.15 | < .001 | 26.26 | < .001 | 23.66 | < .001 | 3.24 | .073 | 3.66 | .057 |
| A × C | 2.77 | .097 | 11.23 | .001 | 0.00 | .987 | 3.09 | .080 | 5.04 | .026 |
Note. The dependent variable in each analysis is mean cooperation. Denominator degrees of freedom equal 277. MinDiff = partner’s tendency to minimize the difference between each party’s outcomes; MaxOther = partner’s tendency to maximize other’s (i.e., participant’s) outcomes; MaxOwn = partner’s tendency to maximize own outcomes; MaxRel = partner’s tendency to maximize relative advantage over the other (i.e., the participant).