Genes study: Kupferburg's social competition hypothesis

Question 1

What was the aim of this study?

Answer 1

To investigate whether those who suffered from depression were more likely to avoid social competition compared to those who were not depressed

Question 2

What was the procedure of this study?

Answer 2

• Patients with MDD and BPD were matched with two opponents
  1: Unknown diagnosis
  2: Clinical diagnosis (knew what is is)
• The participant had to choose to either cooperate or compete with their opponent

Question 3

What were the findings of this study?

Answer 3

Participants with depression avoided competition much more than those who were not

Question 4

What was the conclusion?

Answer 4

Depressed individuals subconsciously avoided competition more than others