01:830:101 Lecture 17: 830:101 Lecture : 830:101 Lecture : 830:101 Lecture : 830:101 Lecture : Competition and Cooperation

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: L.Jacobs

Document Summary

Suppose you are playing a game of uno. The girl to your left (next in turn order) has only one card left. You have no cards that can stop her, but you know the guy to her right is bound to have something in his giant stacks of cards. Probably you would; after all it"s just a game right, and you wanna win! The principles of cooperation and competition apply to all concepts of everyday life (even kids games! ), and they sometimes lead to peculiar results. You wouldn"t ordinarily team up with someone you don"t like and conspire against your best friend!! Is striving to outdo another for one"s own profit. Is the association of people for a common benefit. To get what you want, many times you need to use a little bit of both. Competitions arise when there is something to gain -- whether it be money, power, or even fame.