Competitiveness and conflict behavior in simulation of a social dilemma

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 3 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1219-1225

  Houston, John M ^a   Kinnie, Judy ^b   Lupo, Bernice ^b   Terry, Christeine ^b   Ho, Sandy S ^b  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034198636     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.3c.1219     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. BOLT, M. (1996) Instructor's manual to accompany Myers' Social Psychology. (5th ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill. Pp. 455-465.
2. GILL, D. L., DZEWALTOWSKI, D. A., & DEETER, T. E. (1988) The relationship of competitiveness and achievement orientation to participation in sport and nonsport activities. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 10, 139-150.
3. HELMREICH, R. L., & SPENCE, J. T. (1978) Work and Family Orientation Questionnaire: an objective instrument to assess components of achievement motivation and attitudes toward family and career. JSAS Catalogue of Selected Documents in Psychology, 8, 35.
4. HOUSTON, J. M. (1989) Perceived goal relationships within small work groups. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New York Univer.
5. HOUSTON, J. M., CARTER, D., & SMITHER, R. D. (1997) Competitiveness in elite professional athletes. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 84, 1447-1454.
6. HOUSTON, J. M., FARESE, D. M., & LA DU, T. (1992) Assessing competitiveness: a validation study of the Competitiveness Index. Personality and Individual Differences, 13, 1153-1156.
7. KUHLMAN, D. M., & MARSHELLO, A. E. (1975) Individual differences in game motivation as moderators of preprogrammed strategy effects in Prisoner's Dilemma. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 922-931.
8. LINDSKOLD, S., WALTERS, P. S., & KOUTSOURAIS, H. (1983) Cooperators, competitors, and response to GRIT. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 27, 521-532.
9. PARKS, C. D. (1994) The predictive ability of social values in resource dilemmas and public good games. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20, 431-438.
10. PRUITT, D. G., & KIMMEL, M. J. (1977) Twenty years of experimental gaming: critique, synthesis, and suggestions for the future. Annual Review of Psychology, 28, 363-392.
11. RYCKMAN, M., HAMMER, M., KACZOR, L. M., & GOLD, J. A. (1996) Construction of a personal development competitiveness attitude scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 66, 374-385.
12. SMITHER, R. D., & HOUSTON, J. M. (1992) The nature of competitiveness: construction and validation of the Competitiveness Index. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 52, 407-418.
13. STONE, B., JONES, C., & BETZ, B. (1996) Response of cooperators and competitors in a simulated arms race. Psychological Reports, 79, 1101-1102.