TY - JOUR
T1 - A Recipe for Success
T2 - The Effect of Dyadic Communication and Cooperative Gameplay on Subsequent Non-gaming Task Performance
AU - Velez, John A.
AU - Schmierbach, Michael
AU - Sherrick, Brett
AU - Chae, Seung Woo
AU - Tan, Ryan R.
AU - Rosenberg, Kenneth Allen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - Cooperative game play has been associated with a growing list of prosocial benefits. However, less research has examined its constituent parts to determine their contribution to subsequent positive outcomes. The current study examined partners' communication as a common and even imperative aspect of cooperative play that may largely account for its positive effects on cooperative behaviors and effective teamwork. Partners played a cooperative game (Overcooked 2) alone or with a partner, and in the latter case with or without the ability to communicate, before engaging in two puzzle-solving tasks that required effective and efficient communication for successful performances. Results suggest communication is unnecessary, and may even be detrimental to, subsequent team performances on non-gaming tasks, and that it seems unlikely to account for the cooperative norms proposed to be the theoretical mechanism behind cooperative play's positive effects. The conclusion discusses theoretical implications and potential future research.
AB - Cooperative game play has been associated with a growing list of prosocial benefits. However, less research has examined its constituent parts to determine their contribution to subsequent positive outcomes. The current study examined partners' communication as a common and even imperative aspect of cooperative play that may largely account for its positive effects on cooperative behaviors and effective teamwork. Partners played a cooperative game (Overcooked 2) alone or with a partner, and in the latter case with or without the ability to communicate, before engaging in two puzzle-solving tasks that required effective and efficient communication for successful performances. Results suggest communication is unnecessary, and may even be detrimental to, subsequent team performances on non-gaming tasks, and that it seems unlikely to account for the cooperative norms proposed to be the theoretical mechanism behind cooperative play's positive effects. The conclusion discusses theoretical implications and potential future research.
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U2 - 10.1093/hcr/hqab008
DO - 10.1093/hcr/hqab008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119045521
SN - 0360-3989
VL - 47
SP - 364
EP - 386
JO - Human Communication Research
JF - Human Communication Research
IS - 4
ER -