Are prosocials unique in their egalitarianism? The pursuit of equality in outcomes among individualists

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1219-1231

  Van Den Bergh, Bram ^a   Dewitte, Siegfried ^a   De Cremer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Equality; Fairness; Social dilemma; Social value orientation; Tit for tat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 33747128129     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206289346     Document Type: Article

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