e/Social trap

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has glosseng: Social trap is a term used by psychologists to describe a situation in which a group of people act to obtain short-term individual gains, which in the long run leads to a loss for the group as a whole. Examples of social traps include overfishing, the near-extinction of the American bison, energy "brownout" and "blackout" power outages during periods of extreme temperatures, the overgrazing of cattle on the Sahelian Desert, and the destruction of the rainforest by logging interests and agriculture.
lexicalizationeng: social trap
instance of(noun) a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
community
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has glossspa: Trampa social es un término utilizado en psicología para describir una situación en la cual uno o varios individuos de un grupo actúan para obtener un beneficio individual a corto plazo, tal que a la larga lleva a la comunidad a pérdidas en su conjunto.
lexicalizationspa: Trampa social

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