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goal/expectationtheory1 CONSTRUCTGoal/expectation theoryPRUITT · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

the theory that people cooperate in mixed-motive games when they hold the goal of mutual cooperation and also expect the partner to cooperate.

In social psychology, goal/expectation theory refers to the theory that people cooperate in mixed-motive games when they hold the goal of mutual cooperation and also expect the partner to cooperate. This meaning comes from Pruitt (1977) in Annual Review of Psychology.[1]

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  1. Pruitt, D. G., & Kimmel, M. J. (1977). Twenty Years of Experimental Gaming: Critique, Synthesis, and Suggestions for the Future. Annual Review of Psychology, 28(1), 363-392. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ps.28.020177.002051

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