Exam 13: Social Dilemmas: Cooperation versus Conflict

What is social dominance orientation? How are those high in SDO likely to feel about military spending and the use of conflict versus cooperation in international affairs?

Which of the following is FALSE regarding authoritarians?

What is most frequently the result when population growth causes the destruction of local environments and food sources?

A ________ policy involves an offer of reward to those who reduce their socially harmful behaviors.

Define and contrast the deterrence and conflict spiral views of international conflict.

Ed is an economist who believes most people act according to self-interest.Ed has a very individualistic value orientation.What is one potential reason Ed is an individualist?

According to the Deutsch (1986)study,which strategy is likely to be the MOST successful in intergroup conflict?

Failing to recycle because we'd rather save a few minutes a week to do something else we find more rewarding is an example of a/an

You are the owner of an area of open land.A group of ranchers comes to you and asks if you would be willing to let them graze their cattle on your land.You want to be helpful,so you agree.In order to prevent a tragedy of the commons and protect the health of your land,what should you do?

In the study by Brechner (1977)of a tragedy of the commons dilemma in the laboratory,under what circumstances were participants most able to use the resource effectively?