Foundations of human sociality : economic experiments and ethnographic evidence from fifteen small-scale societies /

What motives underlie the ways humans interact socially? Are these the same for all societies? Are these part of our nature, or influenced by our environments?Over the last decade, research in experimental economics has emphatically falsified the textbook representation of Homo economicus. Literally...

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Economic experiments and ethnographic evidence from fifteen small-scale societies
1. Verfasser:
Henrich, Joseph Patrick.
Weitere Verfasser:
Henrich, Joseph Patrick
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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1版.
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What motives underlie the ways humans interact socially? Are these the same for all societies? Are these part of our nature, or influenced by our environments?Over the last decade, research in experimental economics has emphatically falsified the textbook representation of Homo economicus. Literally hundreds of experiments suggest that people care not only about their own material payoffs, but also about such things as fairness, equity and reciprocity. However, this research left fundamental questions unanswered: Are such social preferences stable components of human nature; or, are they modul
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1 online resource (472 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-926204-7
0-19-153221-5
9786611925109
1-281-92510-1
Schlagworte:
Altruism > Cross-cultural studies.
Helping behavior > Cross-cultural studies.
Social interaction > Cross-cultural studies.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Game theory.
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