Research by Van Vugt and Samuelson (1999), in which water meters were installed in houses in one community, suggests that one way to resolve social dilemmas is to

a. decrease the availability of the resource.
b. increase the cost of the resource.
c. make it easier for people to monitor their own resource use.
d. make it easier for the city to monitor people's resource use.


Answer: C

Psychology

You might also like to view...

The sympathetic nervous system does each of the following EXCEPT

a. increase heart rate. b. release glucose. c. increase respiration. d. draw stored energy from bodily reserves. e. promote digestion.

Psychology

When two variables are correlated, one variable may or may not be causing the other

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology

The _______________ theory of dreaming suggests that dreaming is simply a continuation of our daytime thinking

a. psychoanalytic b. cognitive c. activation-synthesis d. problem-solving

Psychology

Academic motivation likely declines in middle school because:

A) schools are large and impersonal. B) students spend less time with friends. C) students aren't close with their teachers. D) all of the above

Psychology