Collective induction without cooperation? Learning and knowledge transfer in cooperative groups and competitive auctions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 854-870

  MacIejovsky, Boris ^a,c   Budescu, David V ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective induction; Competitive auctions; Cooperative groups; Knowledge transfer; Reasoning errors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 34248388190     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.854     Document Type: Article

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