A competitive orientation towards social dilemmas involves a preference for ________
A) ensuring that an individual's own outcomes are at least equal to those of other individuals involved in the dilemma
B) ensuring that an individual's own outcomes are superior to those of other individuals involved in the dilemma
C) maximizing the joint outcomes received by all individuals involved in the dilemma
D) minimizing the joint outcomes received by all individuals involved in the dilemma
E) maximizing an individual's own outcomes in the dilemma
Answer: B
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