Survival Game e-bog
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From a zoologist and psychologist, an astonishing look at the biological and strategic roots of human decisionsHumans, like bacteria, woodchucks, chimpanzees, and other animals, compete or cooperate in order to get food, shelter, territory, and other resources to survive. But how do they decide whether to muscle out or team up with the competition?In The Survival Game, David P. Barash synthesiz...
E-bog
81,03 DKK
Forlag
Times Books
Udgivet
1 september 2004
Længde
320 sider
Genrer
Communication studies
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781429932561
From a zoologist and psychologist, an astonishing look at the biological and strategic roots of human decisionsHumans, like bacteria, woodchucks, chimpanzees, and other animals, compete or cooperate in order to get food, shelter, territory, and other resources to survive. But how do they decide whether to muscle out or team up with the competition?In The Survival Game, David P. Barash synthesizes the newest ideas from psychology, economics, and biology to explore and explain the roots of human strategy. Drawing on game theory-the study of how individuals make decisions-he explores the give-and-take of spouses in determining an evening's plans, the behavior of investors in a market bubble, and the maneuvers of generals on a battlefield alongside the mating and fighting strategies of "e;less rational"e; animals. Ultimately, Barash's lively and clear examples shed light on what makes our decisions human, and what we can glean from game theory and the natural world as we negotiate and compete every day.