Too Much Invested to QuitToo Much Invested to Quit focuses on the applications of paradigms in the resolution of international relations, taking as backdrop issues in marriage, labor disputes, and price wars. The manuscript first offers information on the dollar auction game, a simple game that can be employed in large groups or in laboratory situations. Studies on economic and interpersonal motives when bidding against a deck of cards; sex differences and effects of team bidding; and effects of experience on the length of auction are discussed. The text also focuses on the stages of escalation and physiological and p. |
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CHAPTER | 1 |
THE DOLLAR AUCTION GAME | 12 |
WHY DO THEY START AT ALL AND | 26 |
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analysis analysis of variance approach-avoidance conflict arms race arousal become behavior bid increases bid past bidding approached bidding over $3.00 card condition chain unit commitment competitive confederate Conflict Resolution conflict resolution research continue to bid correlations decision define the situation definition Distribution of final dollar auction game dollar point earlier economic end effect escalation of conflict example exceed the value experiment experimenter final bids goal heart rate Ibid indicate instigation interaction invested to quit involved Journal of Conflict laboratory Lao Tsu last bid lose male meaning notes NUMBER OF SUBJECTS occur once the bidding opponent overt conflict party past investments pattern percent person physiological player possible price wars Prisoner's Dilemma Game prize prominent points Pruitt questionnaires real money relationship repair set limits skin temperature Social Psychology stages stoppages strategy subjects bid subjects who bid symbols Vietnam Vietnam War