Resolving Social Dilemmas

Resolving Social Dilemmas
Author: Margaret Foddy
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1134838743

This book presents an accessible and state-of-the-art survey of current research on social dilemmas. A social dilemma arises when actions that are justifiable in terms of individual rationality (e.g. over-harvesting resources, or using private instead of public transportation) threaten the common good and in the long run the individual's own self-interest as well. The study of social dilemmas has important links with many areas in psychology, as well as with cognate disciplines such as risk analysis, environmental science, political science, and economics. Accordingly, the book should appeal not only to psychologists but also to a wider audience of scholars and researchers. Contributors include both established authorities and recent innovators, and the organization and contents of the book reflect the most recent trends in this exciting area. Increased attention is given to modeling dynamics and processes in social dilemmas, and greater emphasis placed on exploring structural solutions to dilemmas. New findings and theoretical developments regarding group and inter-group processes are highlighted and a move is made away from a heavy reliance on laboratory experiments and game theory to field studies and real-world applications. A scholarly prospective chapter at the beginning and an integrative concluding chapter provide useful overviews of the area and the contributions to the book.

Prescription for Social Dilemmas

Prescription for Social Dilemmas
Author: Satoshi Fujii
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 4431556184

This book provides a theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic understanding of social dilemmas (SDs). A SD is a social situation where cooperation maximizing collective or social profit is different from defection maximizing individual profit. Problems arise when too many group members choose to pursue individual profit and immediate satisfaction rather than behave in the group’s best long-term interests. The problems include an environmental problem and various types of urban, economic, and political problems. Most books treating SDs are not monographs but are proceedings or omnibus volumes written by different researchers. Few monographs have been published for SDs, but those few deal only with basic theories and empirical findings. This book, by contrast, is a monograph by a single author and provides complete coverage from basic theories in Part I to applied theories and pragmatic solutions for urban, transportation, and environmental problems in Parts II and III. Various types of strategies are proposed in this book to overcome the problems caused by SDs in various situations based on the basic theories of those dilemmas. The strategies are psychological and structural ones. The book includes theories, empirical evidence in experiments, and practical policies in the real world for these strategies. Thus, the work effectively provides a bridge between basic behavioral scientists, applied behavioral scientists, and practitioners. With this useful source, basic scientists will understand how to apply their scientific knowledge to the real world and also will encounter new scientific problems that should be solved scientifically. Applied researchers and specialists will become familiar with new solutions through basic research on SDs and will be made aware of new pragmatic problems that should be solved with a practical approach.

Psychology of Sustainable Development

Psychology of Sustainable Development
Author: Peter Schmuck
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1461509955

Human activity overuses the resources of the planet at a rate that will severely compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Changes toward sustainability need to begin within the next few years or environmental deterioration will become irreversible. Thus the need to develop a mindset of sustainable development - the ability of society to meet its needs without permanently compromising the earth's resources - is pressing. The Psychology of Sustainable Development clarifies the meaning of the term and describes the conditions necessary for it to occur. With contributions from an international team of policy shapers and makers, the book will be an important reference for environmental, developmental, social, and organizational psychologists, in addition to other social scientists concerned with the impact current human activity will have on the prospects of future generations.

Trust in Social Dilemmas

Trust in Social Dilemmas
Author: Paul A. M. van Lange
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2017
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0190630787

How do we help people be more cooperative with one another? Trust in Social Dilemmas explores fundamental scientific questions about how and why trust may affect human cooperation. By showcasing recent research in the field through the lens of some of its leading scholars, this book provides an important overview of research on trust as it explores topics such as the functioning of relationships, organizations, and societies at large.

Understanding Behavior in the Context of Time

Understanding Behavior in the Context of Time
Author: Alan Strathman
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2006-04-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135611815

Understanding Behavior in the Context of Time reviews the research on temporal orientation and brings together the disparate social behaviors influenced by time perspective. Organized into four sections, each chapter includes theory, research, applications, and directions for future research. Some chapters outline novel theoretical approaches that help to expand and/or integrate existing theories. The second part focuses on individual level processes and reviews the conceptualization, measurement, and lifespan development of time orientation; the outcomes associated with various time orientations; and how temporal factors influence attitudes and persuasion. Part three explores the role of time within interpersonal and group level processes as applied to such areas as close relationships, group cooperation, aggression, organizational behavior, pro-environmental behavior, and cultural issues. This book will be of interest to social and personality psychologists, and the book's applied emphasis will appeal to health, environmental, and industrial psychologists.

Social Dilemmas

Social Dilemmas
Author: Wim B. G. Liebrand
Publisher: Garland Science
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1992
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780080377759

This book describes the advances and insights made by social scientists from around the world into the understanding and resolution of social dilemmas. Each chapter discusses its own research findings against the background of a more comprehensive view of social dilemnas.

Social Dilemmas

Social Dilemmas
Author: Paul A. M. Van Lange
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199897611

This volume provides a psychological overview of research on human cooperation, while discussing evolutionary and cultural perspectives, along with applications in the management, environment, national security, and health.

Resolving Conflicts between Human Rights

Resolving Conflicts between Human Rights
Author: Stijn Smet
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2016-11-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 131721868X

Under the influence of the global spread of human rights, legal disputes are increasingly framed in human rights terms. Parties to a legal dispute can often invoke human rights norms in support of their competing claims. Yet, when confronted with cases in which human rights conflict, judges face a dilemma. They have to make difficult choices between superior norms that deserve equal respect. In this high-level book, the author sets out how judges the world over could resolve conflicts between human rights. He presents an innovative legal theoretical account of such conflicts, questioning the relevance of the influential proportionality test to their resolution. Instead, the author develops a novel resolution framework, specifically designed to tackle human rights conflicts. The book combines concerted normative theory with profound practical analysis, firmly rooting its theoretical arguments in human rights practice. Although the analysis draws primarily on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the book’s core arguments are applicable to judicial practice in general. As such, the book should be of great interest to academics, postgraduate students and legal practitioners in Europe and beyond. The book is particularly suited for use in advanced courses on legal theory, human rights law and jurisprudence.

Contemporary Psychological Research on Social Dilemmas

Contemporary Psychological Research on Social Dilemmas
Author: Ramzi Suleiman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004-06-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780521808927

It is organized around four core issues, individual differences, which determine people's preferences for outcomes that promote either their own or their group's well-being; the study of dynamic processes based on simulations of artificial societies; social dilemmas that emerge in intergroup conflicts; and the effect of various types and sources of uncertainty on behavior in social dilemma situations."--BOOK JACKET.