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social dilemmas  

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  • Social dilemmas are situations in which private interests are at odds with collective interests. Such situations arise because people frequently attach more weight to their short-term selfish interests than to the longterm interests of the group, organization, or society to which they belong. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Social Dilemmas]

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