Diffusion of responsibility and level of risk taking in groups.

Achievement motive and test anxiety conceived as motive to approach success and motive to avoid failure.

John W. Atkinson, George H. Litwin · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1960 · 483 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +8

Group influence on individual risk taking.

Michael A. Wallach, Nathan Kogan · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1962 · 423 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +17

The achievement motive, goal setting, and probability preferences.

John W. Atkinson, Jarvis R. Bastian, Robert W. Earl et al. · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1960 · 127 citations

Management, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +16

The Reciprocal Fear of Surprise Attack

Thomas C. Schelling · 1958 · 23 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

Deterrence strategies: An annotated bibliography

Richard A. Brody · Journal of Conflict Resolution · 1960 · 11 citations

Social Sciences, Conflict Studies, Strategy +16