Decision Making, Is It All 'Me, Me, Me'?

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sun, 04/27/2008 - 23:00

Psychologists find evidence that it's not. People act in their own best interests, according to traditional views of how and why we make the decisions that we do.

However, psychologists have recently found evidence that this assumption is not necessarily true. In fact, most of us will act in the best interest of our team -- often at our own expense.


 

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