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Human interaction as a type of variable

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Reed Adams
Reed Adams
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University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Summary

A review of empirical findings which differentiated between the effects of social and non-social variables in the determination of human conduct found non-social variables most frequently to have been superior. A two-factor comparision of the impact of money and social cues, discriminative stimuli, and rewards from delinquent peers on incarcerated juvenile delinquents found money to be the more powerful determinant of cheating behaviour (P < 0.001). It is suggested that explanations of human behaviour should not ignore the effects of non-social variables.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 249 - 253
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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