When groups are more competitive than individuals: The domain of the discontinuity effect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 632-644

  Schopler, John ^a,b   Insko, Chester A ^a,b   Wieselquist, Jennifer ^a,b   Pemberton, Michael ^a,b   Witcher, Betty ^a,b   Kozar, Rob ^a,b   Roddenberry, Chris ^a,b   Wildschut, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 85047681241     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.4.632     Document Type: Article

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