Dimensions, and various types of variables of individual behavior in the study of small groups

1960 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Fokkema
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon L. Smith ◽  
Bart J. Wilson

Abstract:In this essay we provide a brief account and interpretation of The Theory of Moral Sentiments showing that it departs fundamentally from contemporary patterns of thought in economics that are believed to govern individual behavior in small groups, and contains strong testable propositions governing the expression of that behavior. We also state a formal representation of the model for individual choice of action, apply the propositions to the prediction of actions in trust games, report two experiments testing these predictions, and interpret the results in terms directly related to the model. In short, we argue that the system of sociability developed by Adam Smith provides a coherent non-utilitarian model that is consistent with the pattern of results in trust games, and leads to testable new predictions, some of which we test.


Behaviour ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 99-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap P. Kruijt ◽  
Jerry A. Hogan ◽  
Klaus Vestergaard

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the role played by functional experience in the development of the dustbathing behavior system in junglefowl. Small groups of birds were raised either in a rich environment with sand and earth, or in a poor environment with a wire mesh floor. Dustbathing and other behaviors were recorded at intervals between 2 and 9 months of age. The results showed that the form of the individual behavior patterns as well as the organization of extended bouts of dustbathing developed normally in chicks raised in a dustless environment. Further, the frequency of occurrence of dustbathing and the diurnal rhythm did not differ between groups raised in the two environments. Functional experience was necessary for the development of dust recognition, but some stimuli came to be recognized as "dust" more easily than others.


1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-108
Author(s):  
Judith A. Kolb ◽  
Jennifer Jones Corley
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PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Etienne Pelaprat
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