SELF-INTEREST

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N., Pam M.S.
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a personal advantage or benefit that includes the pursuit of benefits and rewards and avoiding costs, harm and danger.

SELF-INTEREST: "In self-interest we avoid things that will endanger or harm us."

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  2. CAFETERIA-STYLE BENEFIT PLAN
  3. COOPERATION
  4. NONZERO-SUM GAME
  5. REALISTIC ANXIETY
  6. UTILITARIAN FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
  7. ALTERNATION LEARNING
  8. EXTRINSIC REWARD
  9. THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE
  10. POSTMODERNISM
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SELF-INTEREST," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/self-interest/ (accessed January 15, 2021).
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