A behavioral analysis of altruism

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-33

  Rachlin, Howard ^a   Locey, Matthew ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Charity; Delay discounting; Evolution; Patterns of behavior; Prisoner's dilemma; Self control; Social discounting; Soft commitment

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GAMBLING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SELF ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; GAME; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHILOSOPHY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954648713     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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