Competition
The following questions are required for answering, the word amount is besides each question.
What is the “ideology of competition”? Where does it come from? Describe some of the ways in which you
compete in your daily life.
Review and discuss the scientific evidence relating to competition provided by Kohn. What are your views
on competition after reading the book? How did you think about competition before reading the book?
What are the psychological, social and interpersonal consequences of competition as outlined by Kohn?
What is cooperative learning? Discuss some of the scientific research investigating this approach. Do you
find it convincing? (400)
How does competition undermine the formation of social movements?
What does the phrase “socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor” mean?
The following are readings/references for these questions:
Kohn, A. (1992). No contest: The case against competition. [Why we lose in our race to win] (rev. ed.).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Wikipedia. (2011, January 18). Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. Retrieved January 18,
2011 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_for_the_rich_and_capitalism_for_the_poo
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