Competitiveness across the life span: The feisty fifties

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-285

  Mayr, Ulrich ^a   Wozniak, Dave ^b   Davidson, Casey ^a   Kuhns, David ^a   Harbaugh, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Decision making; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MOTIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84867423529     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025655     Document Type: Article

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