In Class Unit 4.1

Question 1

Organizations are..

Answer 1

concrete things

Question 2

Institutions are..

Answer 2

cultural blueprints around which these are built

Question 3

Institutionalization

Answer 3

forms organizations

Question 4

2 types of interests and goods

Answer 4

• individual interests

- collective interests

Question 5

Individual interests

Answer 5

person – needs – disequilibrium – autonomy – individual (private) goods

Question 6

Collective interests

Answer 6

interdependence – insituations – organization – collective interests – disequilibrium – collective (public) goods

Question 7

Collective goods

Answer 7

contribute to the welfare of the system ex: public parks.

Question 8

How collective goods are generated

Answer 8

through contributions (sacrifices) of individuals (taxes)

Question 9

Problems related to collective goods

Answer 9

• available to everyone, independent of contribution (taxes)
• individual contribution only slight benefit to the system but significant cost to the individual

Question 10

Free rider problem

Answer 10

autonomy drives us to strain the collective interests that sustain us (incentive to cheat)

Question 11

Collective goods are necessary for ..

Answer 11

the maintenance of collective interests

Question 12

Collective interests arfe import to the..

Answer 12

preservation of order (integration)

Question 13

Individual contributions to collective goods are ____ but individual costs to collective goods are ____

Answer 13

small; high

Question 14

2 illustrations of consumption of collective goods

Answer 14

• tragedy of the commons

- prisoners dilemma

Question 15

Tragedy of the commons

Answer 15

reasonable action leads to remorseless destructions

Question 16

Environmental adaptations

Answer 16

herders want commons to act in certain way via CORD, environment is its own system with own needs

Question 17

Invalid egocentric notion

Answer 17

peoples environments NOT made for the benefit of people

Question 18

What herdsman must to

Answer 18

• enable environment through investment costs

- tailor their wants to existing levels of environmental performance (change expectations)

Question 19

Example of tragedy of the commons

Answer 19

sheep in the field, increase of sheep causes over grazing but benefits the herder personally with more money. like to blame others and not take responsibility

Question 20

Functional prerequisites

Answer 20

necessary conditions for society to endure, they must be met for things to work properly

Question 21

8 functional prerequisites

Answer 21

• sexual access
• procreation (children need to be had)
• care of young
• socialization (cultural blueprint must be out for next generation)
• religion
• power distribution
• goods and serves
• social control (ways dealing with deviant people)

Question 22

Problem of integration

Answer 22

collective, coordinated solutions to repetitive social issues

Question 23

Instituions

Answer 23

enduring ideas and ideals about how to accomplish basic social functions, not concrete

Question 24

Prisoners dilemma

Answer 24

scenario and how rational, individualistic thinking operates. thinking about personal benefit

Question 25

Lesson from prisoners dilemma

Answer 25

if you act autonomously and ignore interdependence, you/we are doomed