Competitive behavior: Tests of the N-effect and proximity to a standard

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-192

  Vandegrift, Donald ^a   Holaday, Brian ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive behavior; Gender difference in competition; N effect; Proximity to a standard

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 84874483296     PISSN: 1937321X     EISSN: 2151318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029221     Document Type: Article

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