Reward and punishment in social dilemmas / edited by Paul A.M. Van Lange, Bettina Rockenbach, Toshio Yamagishi.
One of the key scientific challenges is the puzzle of human cooperation. Why do people help strangers, even sometimes at a major cost to themselves? Why do people want to punish others who violate norms and undermine collective interests? What are the emotions that accompany reward and punishment? E...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Series in human cooperation.
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| Summary: | One of the key scientific challenges is the puzzle of human cooperation. Why do people help strangers, even sometimes at a major cost to themselves? Why do people want to punish others who violate norms and undermine collective interests? What are the emotions that accompany reward and punishment? Even if reward and punishment are effective, are they also efficient - knowing that rewards and punishment are costly to administer? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199300754 0199300755 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |