Cooperative BehaviorModel of Cooperative Behavior

Research on common dilemmas are characterized by many published results, each foot relative isolation from others. To date there is little integration of the results under a unified concept. This contribution aims to integrate the existing results in an overall dynamic model of cooperative behavior in resource crises by computer simulation. (Brann 1987 615)

The model posits that people base their decisions about resource use in both ecological and social information. Whether or not environmental or social information will dominate, however, depends on the person's social values, attributions, and perceptions about the state of resources. (Brewer, 1999 50)The ...