Squid Game Analysis: Is SELFISHNESS Justified?

Would love to hear your thoughts. We’d thought it’d be pretty interesting to cover Squid Game, and the psychology of it.

Writer: Dylan Swanepoel
Script Editor & Manager: Kelly Soong
Voice Over: Gabriel Miles
Animator: Sun Biscuit
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

References:

Roux, C., Goldsmith, K., & Bonezzi, A. (2015). On the psychology of scarcity: When reminders of resource scarcity promote selfish (and generous) behavior. Journal of consumer research, 42(4), 615-631.

Shure, M. B. (1968). Fairness, generosity, and selfishness: The naive psychology of children and young adults. Child Development, 875-886.

Carlson, R. W., Adkins, C., Crockett, M. J., & Clark, M. S. (2022). Psychological selfishness. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(5), 1359-1380.

Stebbins, R. A. (1981). The social psychology of selfishness. Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, 18(1).