Time, uncertainty, and individual differences in decisions to cooperate in resource dilemmas

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 603-615

  Kortenkamp, Katherine V ^a   Moore, Colleen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Resource dilemmas; Time discounting; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33645781997     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205284006     Document Type: Article

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