Sensitivity to Changing Contingencies Predicts Social Success

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-30

  Ronay, Richard ^a   von Hippel, William ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavioral flexibility; cooperation; negotiations; reversal learning; social intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919429651     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614542348     Document Type: Article

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