RECD: April 2025D

Background

This is a preregistered study of an experimental manipulation of global CWV.

Hypotheses

1. Participants in the High CWV condition, as opposed to the Low CWV condition, will predict a higher relationship benefit of dominant behavior.
   
2. Participants in the High CWV condition, as opposed to the Low CWV condition, will report a greater tendency to behave dominantly as their ideal workplace behavior.
   
3. The relationship between condition (High CWV = 1; Low CWV = 0) and hypothetical dominant behavior will be at least partially explained by relationship expectancies of dominant behavior.

Study design

In an experimental between-subjects design:
1. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: High CWV and Low CWV.
2. Those in the High CWV condition will write about a time in which behaving competitively helped them succeed. Those in the Low CWV condition will write about a time in which behaving cooperatively helped them succeed.
3. Then, they will write about the ways in which these competitive/cooperative dynamics can be found in other situations.
4. Then, they will complete the following measures: (1) randomly ordered relationship expectancies of dominance and influence expectancies of dominance; (2) self-reported behavioral intentions of dominance in the workplace; (3) and competitive worldview.

Randomization

Participants will be randomly assigned to condition.
The order in which relationship expectancies of dominance and influence expectancies of dominance will be measured will be randomized.
The items in the following scales will be randomized: relationship expectancies of dominance, influence expectancies of dominance, self-reported behavioral intentions of dominance at work, and competitive worldview.

Materials

High CWV Condition

Prompt
Think of a time when acting and thinking competitively helped you succeed.

This should be a situation where you saw other people as the competition and enemies, where you didn’t trust or rely on them, and where you focused on making sure you alone got ahead. It could be a time that felt cut-throat, like a competitive jungle.

In this situation, acting competitively would have been the appropriate and reasonable thing to do.

Description

In a few sentences, please describe this situation and how you thought and behaved. How did your competitive action and thinking help you succeed in getting ahead and beating out others?

Reflection

It’s likely that the competitive dynamics in the situation you described can be found in some or many other situations.

In a few sentences, please describe some other situations where you might find or see similar kinds of competitive thoughts and behaviors.

Low CWV Condition

Prompt
Think of a time when acting and thinking cooperatively helped you and others succeed.

This should be a situation where you saw other people as allies and supporters, where you could trust and rely on them, and where you focused on making sure everyone got ahead. It could be a time that felt collaborative, like everyone working together.

In this situation, acting cooperatively would have been the appropriate and reasonable thing to do.

Description
In a few sentences, please describe this situation and how you thought and behaved. How did your cooperative action and thinking help you succeed in achieving things together?

Reflection
It’s likely that the cooperative dynamics in the situation you described can be found in some or many other situations.

In a few sentences, please describe some other situations where you might find or see similar kinds of cooperative thoughts and behaviors.

Eligibility

Let’s see who passed the attention check

is_elg	N	Perc
0	16	2.65
1	587	97.35

That gives us a total of 587 eligible participants.

Demographics

Race

race	N	Perc
asian	48	8.18
black	71	12.10
hispanic	42	7.16
multiracial	36	6.13
white	380	64.74
NA	10	1.70

Gender

gender	N	Perc
man	242	41.23
woman	334	56.90
NA	11	1.87

Age

age_mean	age_sd
36.20455	11.05796

Education

edu	N	Perc
noHS	3	0.51
GED	134	22.83
2yearColl	58	9.88
4yearColl	263	44.80
MA	104	17.72
PHD	20	3.41
NA	5	0.85

Income

Measures

Open responses

Description

cond	desc
high	I was up for a promotion and was worried that the other applicants were more qualified. I made sure I practiced my interview, did extensive research on what they were looking for for the position, and researched my competitors to see what would give me the best edge.
high	I was delivering pizza. I would drive aggressively. I received several complaints but I was one of the top drivers and earned the most.
low	I collaborated with a few other coworkers to finish a project that had a tight deadline and was important to accomplish for our work
low	I worked with nurses and NP’s in the hospital as a collective effort in the birth of my son.
high	In a track meet when I was younger. Maybe too literal of an answer, but competing against other people. My thinking of “the faster you run the quicker your done” always got me through.
low	I was recently on a flight that got diverted late in the evening, and because it was the night before a high-profile event, transportation options out of the city were limited. Some of the other passengers and I teamed up to look up various passenger rights and options, and we split up the tasks of talking to staff and recording conversations to ensure that we were all properly reimbursed. By splitting up the duties, we accomplished this quickly and made sure that no one got screwed over.
high	I would have watched the competitors to see mannerisms. Which person may be the biggest competitor. I would work my hardest at the task at hand.
high	My coworker was trying to dump a lot of extra work on to me because she was lazy. I did extra research to compare our workloads and took all of my information to our director. My competitive thinking helped me preserve and explain my frustrations and prove my point to my director so that I was not able to be overworked.
high	I currently work in a serious call center environment, where everyone’s worth is measured by their performance. There was a time when i was hired at my current job, and all of my clients couldnt hear me when i was making phone calls. i kept getting angry callers because of this, and first assumed it was because of the app we were using. my boss was upset with me with the overall sound and performance of my calls that month, so i decided to get a different headset. somehow my clients could hear me much better most of the time, but my kpis were improved. i still deal with occasional sound issues, but i have no competition with my colleagues as i learned recently that we all experience similar issues.
low	When the power went out at work we all had to work together to get the info from the patients and families and also help assure the patients that it was ok and they were safe. The front desk to the MAS to the doctors to the nurses all worked together to help
low	I’m vice chair of a working group at my company and oversee a steering committee. Because we work at a federal contractor staring committee members‘ availability can fluctuate week to week depending on their workload, and so it is common to pick up where other members left off on projects they’ve initiated in order to complete them before the next group wide meeting. This flexibility and cooperative action allows us to succeed by ensuring that the work gets done.
high	I was on a flight that I had a feeling was going to be delayed based on weather and other extenuating circumstances, and knew that a majority of people on the flight were also going to miss their connections – as the plane was boarding, I called the airline to rebook my connection prior to arriving which allowed me to get (supposedly) the last seat on the next connecting flight to my destination. I knew others would be trying to adjust once we reached the connecting/intermediary airport so by thinking ahead and competitively, I was able to reach my destination earlier.
high	In college, I was always trying to get the highest possible project scores for film and editing work. This meant long hours and little social time on weekdays. But at the end of my second year, it paid off when I got valedictorian.
low	Honestly this happens all the time to me. I am always sticking my neck out for others in hope they can succeed or even help me at some point. I’d say I will always help others with projects in a crunch in hopes that it will make the both of us look good.
high	One time I was able to get ahead in a work-related event by competing with other employees I did the most sales that week and ended up getting picked to represent the company in the 20th anniversary that was held in Chicago Illinois.
high	I had to make the varsity team for cross country. I needed to beat the times of my classmates in order to make the team and saw them as the competition. This led me to training harder and running further in practice in order to be prepared for the races.
high	I’m very competitive, but not really towards others. I have no negative or bad feelings about other people when I’m acting competitively. I’m just someone who’s highly motivated to win. I was like this during my first Jiu-Jitsu competition - even though I had only been doing the sport for maybe 3 months, I was very aggressively competitive. I just remember picturing myself winning, or picturing myself beating the other person. I remember being intensely passionate about coming out on top.
low	During a university group project, we had to design a marketing campaign for a local business. Everyone brought different strengths some were great with visuals, others with writing to research. I made a point to listen to everyone’s ideas, mediate any disagreements and ensure that everyone felt their contributions mattered.
high	Recently, at work our hours were cut for all part time employees. Even though we are working as a team, I have been making sure that while on the clock I am working more than others. I have been extra helpful to the full time employees (as they work hours are not changed) but I make sure that I do all the extra work so that I am the top part time employee. It has worked because I am the only one getting scheduled ahead of time and getting guarenteed hours. It is the appropriate thing to do because at the end of the day I am working to make money.
high	I wanted to be selected for the organication’s formal mentoring program because it would lead to an opportunity to be promoted. I remained cordial and friendly to my peers , who were also my competitors. I excelled during this time, being sure to stay consistent in my great work performance. I was selected to the mentorship program.
low	When I was working in retail at a formalwear shop, our bosses promised to give us prom season bonuses. By the end of the summer, we still never received a bonus. My coworkers and I worked up enough courage to voice our concerns about our bonuses that we never received. While still to this day we never received a bonus, being able to voice our opinions together made it feel less intimidating and we truly had each other’s backs in this situation.
high	when i was younger i ran track and played soccer. i can recall many instances where it was in my best interest to think this way. I thought about wanting to come out on top and beat everyone that was competing against me. Thinking this was a lot of the time helped me become motivated to beat my competitors
low	I used to work for an Estate Sale company and our boss couldn’t make the sale. I stepped up to cover her position and delegated tasks to the team under me. We were a tight team at the time and everyone worked extremely well together. We had a successful sale because we were aware of our strengths and weaknesses heading in. It turned out we didn’t need the boss after all.
low	Helped my team come together and brainstormed a plan for us to use in order to move forward. Since no one had stepped up to be a leader, i took the role for myself so that we could all adhere to a single train of thought and help push that forward, rather than just having multiple ideas for multiple projects. This allowed us to be more efficient, and plan for dependencies and issues that could occur.
low	My co-worker and I were short staffed and the only two servers in the restaurant. We got absolutely slammed during a rush. Rather than focusing on only our own tables, we helped each other by communicating with each other’s customers about the wait, gave each other’s table’s refills, and helped each other bag up each other’s to-go orders if the other was too busy. At the end of the night, our tips were higher than usual and we had a few customers acknowledge the fact we were so busy but worked so well together despite being short-staffed. By working together, we ensured guests had a good time and we had a lucrative night.
low	There were many times that this has happened in the workplace. I recent time was when working on a go live for a project, the power went out. While most things worked on the generator several things did not work fully. We all worked together to come up with a plan to remediate some things that weren’t working as they should and get by with what resources we had available. It had to do with things not printing upon patient check in. So we started keeping a list and when the power came back on and things started working we were able to complete those patient registrations at another time. We all were pretty stressed at the time but worked collectively to get what was needed at another time and ensure the patient had a smooth appointment.
high	I dont often get competitive to a measurable amount. i get socially competitive–like someone is acting cooler than me, fitter than me etc. but that’s not necessarily a good thing. So when i get competitive in games I try to think really hard and fast and make up for my social shortcomings
high	A time I acted competitively was when I played marvel rivals competitively online the other night. I tried my best and tried to out compete my efficiency with my team and ended up top of the leaderboard on my team. I think my competitive thinking helped me improve over the duration of the game and helped my team win the match.
low	My mom and I had a mutual need and want for me and my son to move out of her house and into my own home. I knew it was for the best interest of all parties and I knew she was trying to help me accomplish this. I appreciated and needed her help so I did as she advised me.
high	I applied a extreme increase in my productivity at work around a time I knew it would be looked at to determine pay
high	When playing DND with some of my friends, I realized pretty quickly that I was playing an information game. I started to take extensive private notes from session 1, declined to share any contents of “letters” from outside sources that I received, and because of that I created a fairly extensive network of information I could act on. I essentially won the trust of my DM, and he allowed me to kill NPCs or take nearly any action I wanted, so long as it fit the narrative and the endgame of the scenario we were in. I feel that because I eventually became his favorite player and demonstated lots of loyalty towards him, I was able to do everything I wanted to while also throwing some of the other players under the metaphorical bus.
low	I was in a group assignment during high school where people were arguing, and the best decision was to make everyone agree on a certain aspect of the assignment so that we could move on. Being able to understand the people in my group and pushing us towards the same goal was essential in us being successful.
low	i work at a coffee shop thatt gets pretty busy on the weekends. i am a bar leader and i lead 2 more people, who are less experienced and far more slow than me. one day it got really full and i started noticing that one of my members was stressing out about the orders. luckily i was ahead of the orders and got to help her organize herself and keep up. as a leader you alwas have to help others and make them be better, faster and more efficient, and be cooperative so that the job gets done quick and excellent
low	I worked on a team to complete development of a feature for an iOS mobile application. I thought and worked collaboratively with my coworkers to complete development on schedule with high quality. Our team needed to work together on specific tasks in order to achieve the goal of completing this new feature.
high	My job had a March Madness-style competition where those who sold the most would win some valuable prizes. While I didn’t end up winning, the idea that I did need to be the best helped me to be more successful than in typical work weeks.
high	have you ever shopped in a costco? everytime I shop at a Costco during the weekend feels like a competitive jungle. from navigating to trying to get to the samples… my way of “winning” is to divide and conquer between my group of people and the rest! so for example if its just my partner and I we divide our tasks and meet at our “meeting points” and when it comes to the samples, if we see one we grab 2 and skadoodle out. The worst is navigating to the cashier line. How we manage to get there? one person in the front and the other is in the back navigating the cart together basically so we could go through the sea of carts and confused people the quickest as possible!
high	I was working on a project for one of my classes. I looked at it from the perspective that I needed to outperform the other groups to receive a better grade. Therefore, I put more effort into my project and received the highest grade in the class.
high	At work knowing they were not able to get everything done in time, so I made sure to get my part done way before anyone else.
high	I find that being aggressively polite and profusely complimenting people helps in most situations but it’s especially helpful in selling things. It helps to create a bond with the person you’re trying to sell to, and they seem to trust you more. I don’t really enjoy being a phony so I genuinely try to find things to compliment people for, and maybe that’s why it’s been a helpful strategy for me.
low	In my field of work, I frequently meet with my coworkers/teammates. We pool our minds in order to come up with solutions to problems or to improve our work process. In this particular example, we’d brainstormed on the best way to word specific emails that would be sent out to candidates in order to cut down on the amount of correspondence being sent out, and in order to meet our deadlines better. By working together, having multiple sets of eyes on the wording, we were able to refine our drafts to come up with a satisfactory message that we would be sending out. Had only one person done this, there could be spelling errors, awkward word flow, misinformation, or a lack of information; together, we made something perfect.
low	We had to upgrade the network at work, this can only be done after hours so this work was done from 5pm on a friday until Saturday at 3am. My boss and I stayed late night and were in constant communication so that we can finish the job quickly but correctly. We both behaved opened but focused, we just felt like a unit rather than two coworkers.
high	I was advocating for a policy change at work that I believed would be helpful for a lot of people. I also realized that the majority of my team mates were pushing to prevent that change from happening. Even though I would normally take a collaborative approach or try to find compromise, I decided to work on my own. Ultimately, I finished the draft proposal and was able to get a meeting with a stakeholder to get my vision seen and heard first - giving me the competitive advantage. The other team members were then essentially placed on the defensive.
low	In a final project for my Master’s degree I participated in a group project. We worked together to build a website application. I worked hard to complete my portion of the project to a high standard.
high	I recently purchased a house and through the buying process saw many homes that had just been listed which immediately had offers. I toured a house with my agent and liked it a lot, it had only been on the market for a few days. I made an offer and the seller said they had some other people wanting to look at the house so I ended up making a slightly better offer to undercut this person and make it so that the house wasn’t even shown and instead I was able to buy it with no competition.
low	Working with co-workers and client representatives to collaborate on developing an Account Management model for the client’s sales staff. My thinking was that while my team had expertise in Account Management, the client team had knowledge of their unique customers and business. This combination of experience and expertise allowed us to develop and effective Account Management model.
high	I used my competitions weaknesses to my advantage. There was this time I was up for a promotion and a coworker was also trying to secure this spot so I reported their short temper and examples I’m which they treated myself and other with disrespect. They were written up and I got the job.
high	I thought about how I need to put myself first sometimes. It is not usually in my nature to be competitive, but I reminded myself that others in my shoes would act the same way. By acting competitively, I was able to receive credit for my work over someone who would have taken the credit for it instead
high	I think about cheer when I strived to have the best stunt group. We ended up getting the most points for our team, and helped us win at competitions.
high	I had an experience at a job where a coworker was taking credit for every possible thing so I had no choice but to start reporting every positive thing I was doing. It created a more competitive atmosphere and ultimately made us both better employees.
high	At work, a few of us were assigned the same task of reaching the sales target. I had it in mind to win and worked hard. We had friendly competitive banter. I believe having my goal in mind and doing what I needed to helped me succeed.
low	In a team project at work, we worked closely together, assigning tasks according to our individual strengths. This trust cultivated open communication and brought forth innovative ideas that culminated in a successful presentation that impressed our clients.
low	I used to take care of incoming freight at a warehouse. I knew alot about me job and would teach it to people to better themselves and their job.
low	A situation that comes to mind is during a recent feedback meeting, to think of ways to improve our communication throughout different departments, with my coworkers and direct supervisor. While it was a group meeting we were assigned to individually think of suggestions to use going forward. I worked independently and wrote specific suggestions that I think would benefit our team, the group of coworkers met together shortly after to collaborate and come up with our best ideas. I cooperated with the team and sacrificed some ideas to better meet our teams needs.
high	I wanted to appear more valuable to the team than my coworker. I subtly expressed frustration about what wasn’t being completed.
high	My competitive action allowed me to focus in on my outcomes alone instead of constantly considering the needs of everyone else. It allowed me to accomplish my goal and achieve the professional outcomes I was seeking.
high	I was competing against my friends to be the first one to get a certification. This gave me the drive to do my best and do it as quickly as I could.
low	As part of a community service project, our team was given the responsibility to organize a local fundraiser. I stepped up by leading discussions and assigning tasks according to each member’s strengths.
low	This is pretty much every work night for our team. We are always expected to help our neighbor when we are done with our work and when our team is positive and works together we get things done in a very timely manner. We always get our tasks done faster than expected when working together, but it is a matter of positive attitude.
low	I work in IT for an oil change company. We needed to implement a new POS across 50 pilot locations. I organized a collaboration between all store managers and the technicians to implement this. This was done by forming a core team who helped identified challenges with the installs and ways to overcome those challenges. When testing the pilot, I welcomed all feedback and accepted it rather than defending it. Because of this, we overcame the issue quickly and successfully installed and tested all pilot locations within 2 weeks.
low	Something that comes to mind is when I’m having a hard time getting my baby to sleep. He struggles at falling sometimes and my wife is better at getting him to sleep. When that happens I’ll either ask if she can get him to sleep and I’ll take over home chores or ask for insight on what might help get him to sleep.
low	Me and two co-workers who all do the same job we were running around crossing paths.we kept getting each other’s way. so I suggested that one of us take a certain section another one takes another section and the third one takes the final section and we just stay in our sections and it worked out great it actually turned out to be less work for each of us so we’re not walking to one side of our factory just to find out another guy was already there and we walked over there for nothing so by just coordinating where we’re going to be at it helped us not have to do as much walking and ultimately not as much work while being able to keep up with the fast pace that we already have to deal with.
high	At one point in my life I wanted to be a Firefighter. I went as far as completing the physical ability test as well as the interview. Unfortunately I did not get the job. The competive side of this situation came during the physical ability test. I showed up that day and immediately knew that I was not the most physically capable person in the room. I refused to let that stop me though. The ability test was timed and I went out and made sure that I was faster than the rest. I saw everyone as the enemy. At the end of the day there were only so many slots available and I was going to make sure that one of them was mine. I wasn’t there to make friends, I was there to win. Now technically there wasn’t anything that I could do to make these people perform worse. But I was going to perform better than them.
low	Probably the most recent time I can think of us when we went white water rafting recently. It was imperative that we worked and thought together cooperatively if we wanted to stay out of the water. It was a thrilling experience and we did manage to stay out of the water by working as a team!
low	Last weekend, my kids and their friends were over. They wanted to play a game, so I told them if they all cleaned up their rooms, we could play a game. I decided to help them because I wanted to play the game with them. We all decided to choose which items we would clean up. Cleaned up in 10 minutes and played the game.
high	The environment felt cut-throat, with everyone vying for the top spot bonuses.
high	I was able to assess the competition and see what their possible weaknesses were. I was able to use that to boost my own confidence and get determined to reach the goal.
low	at my job, one of the tasks that we have to do is folding tables of clothes. I work at a warehouse, so we have about 40 to 50 tables. there was one day… it was the messiest I had ever seen in the store, and we had almost every single employee that was closing come and help us fix the tables. it gave me a big sense of community because usually it’s just three or four people that fold the clothes at night but we must’ve had 20 people come and help.
high	A time when I had to act and think competitively was when I was studying for the OAT to apply for optometry school. Back then I wanted to get into one of the top schools and the acceptance rate was only around less than 5%. Thus as a result I had to ensure that I was studying harder and dedicating my time to preparing for the test more so than anyone else. I knew that if I did not do well on this test it would severely hinder me progressing along the pathway to becoming an optometrist. So, with this mindset I believe it is what led me to succeed and get accepted into the school of my choice.
high	during my final year of college, i was competing for a highly sought-after internship that only one student from our department would receive. I knew others applying were my friends, but in this case, i had to see them as a competition. I didnt share any of my prep materials, and i focused entirely on making my application stand out and it gave me the edge i needed to come out on top
high	A situation that fits this description was back in high school when auditioning for our prestigious school play. Everyone was fighting for the main roles so I knew it would be tough to achieve. My competitive action and thinking helped me to practice the most that I could. When everyone would want to hang out or go to a party, I stayed home and used that free time to rehearse. This resulted in me nailing my audition and beating others for a significant role.
high	Some years ago, I was in a fierce internship program at a very competitive company. There were only a few spots of full-time available and honestly, everyone around me was trying to get the same role. I just knew I cannot afford to rely on anyone to help me out. I made sure I was one step ahead by doing extra work and even when it was not required of me. I pushed myself to come up with creative ideas by watching what others were doing and outperforming them. In the end, my competitive mindset paid off; I stayed driven and did not let any distraction or anyone get me off track
low	At work I actively collaborate with individuals in order to reach my clients treatment goals.
low	The main focus i can think of regarding cooperation would be at my current job. There are plenty of projects that we do that involve multiple engineers and without all of us working together nothing would get done. A project specifically would be migrating our users to a new platform, this requires cooperation between my team and other teams to get the job done properly.
low	I worked on the PTA for my kids’ school when they were young. I worked cooperatively with people to raise funds for extra supplies and programs the school could not pay for. I would say we worked cooperatively because I didn’t personally love all of our fundraising methods but I did them anyway because others supported those things (i.e., selling chocolate bars). By working together to raise funds for the school, we all felt better about the education our children received. I would also say that some of the events we put on to raise money helped us feel a sense of community and more connected to one another. Now that my kids are grown I find it more difficult to make friends… the act of volunteering and fundraising was a powerful way to connect with others in a similar stage of life and I have made lifelong friends through those cooperative efforts.
high	When having to act competitively, I feel selfish and hostile. However, these feelings are only realized after the fact, while in the act, I feel like my life depends on it.
low	It was back in college, and we were building a SaaS software together with my friend. It was supposed to be our get rich scheme, so we kept it between us. We however, ran into various roadblocks due to skill gaps that we had. So we onboarded 3 other guys to help handle the database schema, and deployment while we focused on the source algorithm and desing. What was to take us 8 months was achieved within 4, and we had spare time to test and iterate the project together, making necessarty tweaks and ensuring it was close to perfect
low	I worked on a team to plan a pancake breakfast fundraiser. It made it easier to divide up tasks so just one person did not have to do everything.
high	It was for an exam and I was always the second in class. But I really wanted to beat the student who regularly ranked highest in the class. So I studied really hard. We were friends and it was a friendly competition but I definitely saw her as a competitor academically. In the end I didn’t really beat her but my grade was excellent.
high	I knew if I played by rules and etiquette, someone else would take my work and credit for it. So I went in and created the work on my own without telling anybody and just showed the finished product and everyone was happy.
high	This would have to be when I am playing multiplayer in a video game. By being competitive helped me to get a higher rank then other payers.
low	Being a person who is cooperative and accommodating to others and their concerns would help us all work collaboratively towards a goal. This kind of mentality is very useful and help those who work in teams such as myself to better their results and outcomes. Being a cooperative person is key to getting along with people.
low	At work, each person has a day they are responsible for counter coverage as a back-up, incase the normal counter person is not there. One day last week, the regular counter person was not there and also the back-up person. Instead of one worker covering for the both of them, on a day that wasn’t even their responsibility, we all split coverage so it didn’t burden one person more than another. It was the most fair approach and everyone was willing to cooperate and pitch in, to make it fair for everyone.
low	A time where I had to act and think cooperatively with others was when I was doing a project at work with my team and we had to launch a product fast. We worked together, talked every day, shared updates, and helped each other out. We all listened to and included each other and focused on group success rather than individual. Working as a team made launching the product smoother and less stressful.
high	The thing that immediately comes to mind, although I’m not sure if this is what you were thinking about, is playing table-top board games where you are playing against other people. For example, there are different table-top RPGs where you compete against friends and have to take actions that are detriment to them. In these situations, being secretive and perhaps even deceitful is a huge benefit because it hides your intention and allows you to have a competitive advntage.
high	I was involved in a scenario where there was a work competition to achieve the most new clients and sales for a week. There were moments where my coworkers reached out asking for help, and I only offered a minimal amount of help in regards to their client retention to hopefully keep other members’ sales numbers lower than what my potential end total would be. I still offered help; however, I just didn’t go out of my way to provide an extreme amount of help so that I could also focus on my own potential clients and sales. I generally enjoy helping others and helping my teammates reach their aspired goals; however, during this phase I was selfish, which looking back is not something I am overly proud of. I think this competitive edge did help in the end, as I did win the competition, but I believe the team could have achieved overall higher numbers if I helped the other members of my team.
high	We had to sell as many items we could off a list so we could get a bonus and I did so. I stole tables and I talked loud and got everyone’s attention
high	A competitive situation for me was my first warehouse job as an order picker. I am a petite woman with little upper body strength. About six weeks in, I was called into the office and told that I would be fired if I couldn’t get my rate up. This was the best paying job I had ever had, and I didn’t want to lose it. I was urged to quit by management. I came in every day despite the pain I was in. I ended up being able to switch departments. I learned a lot. It turns out the system that tracked rate was majorly outdated, and inaccurate. I learned that the competition wasn’t accurate, and therefore didn’t really matter in the end.
high	Many years ago, I knew I wanted to work at a ski lodge in New England. I knew there was quite a bit of interest in the position, and too many people competing for the limited number of positions. I decided that rather than just submit an application that I would personally meet with the owner and tell him how interested I was in working for him. It actually worked, and I was hired on the spot. Thus, my competitive action was actually very beneficial to me.
low	Me and my coworker worked together to try and figure out what ASCE code meant for seismic design. Building code is not the most intuitive to read so we went back and forth determining what they were wanting from us. For something that is hard to understand collaborating added a new perspective which felt good when deciding what happened
low	Any sort of decision making with my Husband requires us to act cooperatively. Even something as simple as cleaning the house requires us to work together. We sit down plan a course of action based on what needs to be done and our abilities to do certain things. I have chronic spine pain, so he has assist me in certain tasks, like vacuuming as it is hard for me to carry it up the stairs. While I do things like cooking and cleaning the bathroom as I enjoy those tasks and they do not physically restrain me.
low	As a parent of a high school girl in a small town we had to plan and decorate promenade
low	At a previous time at my job, coworkers would be more than willing to jump in and help each other. This included providing materials for clients working on targets, assisting and training others in procedures, and covering shifts for others. It was a healthy environment that you knew you could rely on others in.
high	In a toxic sales job which i once took part in, my fellow co workers would steal leads and disrupt each other. i focused on my self by keeping my leads secret, studied competitors deals to know their weaknesses, i also worked extra hours to close clients first. I built direct connections with bosses and this got be top sales for five months and earned me a promotion.
low	I wanted to reduce unnecessary printing and worked with others to achieve the goal. It was necessary to cooperate and work with others in order to determine their printing needs. Otherwise their work output would have been impacted. As a result of working together we were able to reduce how much we print without affecting existing business processes.
high	This February I went to New York City to audition for a chance to walk a runway show for New York Fashion week. There were many castings in which scouts walked up and down the thousand person lines and picked out the models they wanted before we even had a chance to walk for the Audition. In every casting I went to, I quickly learned one thing, in order to have a chance to walk, I had to be at the front of the line. I would always try to sneak into the front however I could, this included piggybacking off of people that I knew in the line. Don’t get me wrong, models can be very amicable, but at the end of the day we are all competing for limited spots to be seen, and do as we must in order to achieve this. The stakes were high for me, because I put a lot of money towards traveling to be there, and wanted to see a return on my investment.
low	While coordinating a company-wide security training, I worked with HR, IT and department heads to ensure everyone was informed and engaged. We collaborated on content, scheduling, and communication, each contributing our expertise. The rollout was smooth and impactful.
high	I was participating in a trivia organised by my local church a few years ago and we were in teams. The questions asked were general knowledge questions and points were awarded based on how fast one representing the team would answer. SInce I am good at it. I outdeed the other members and managed to become the winner since my knowledge on things is very wide
low	Well it has been a long time, it was when I was in college. In a college course, my group struggled to align on a research topic. I suggested that we vote anonymously in this way fair representation was achieved.
low	a time at work, we were distributed into teams to compete towards hitting a particular goal. We worked as a team and even worked overtime, ensuring we were watching out for each others shortcoming and fixing it up. This helped my team to hit the goal and we were promoted at work
low	I work in the medical field and through proper collaboration with other healthcare providers it helps us to treat patients. If I attempt to treat a patient without the help of other disciplines, their care isn’t as good and the patient tends to be less happy with the outcome
low	I play in Esports, which is essentially competitive video games. The tournaments I participate in require teams, and in order to win, it’s extremely important that you work as a team. My role within the team is to come up with plans and make the important calls, so I’m kind of the person to rally everyone together and make sure everything that should be happening is happening. Without any calls, it would be impossible to win, so this is the best example I have of working as a team to achieve something. I’ve won a couple of tournaments with my teams in the past, so it all worked out!
high	we had a trivia at work where there would be prizes for first place. i had to think competitively as i wanted to win! it made me be faster and think more thorough and make the best decision possible
high	I acted competitively when applying to nursing schools this past year. I made sure to include all relevant experiences that would help me stand out from other applicants and did not tell peers where I was applying to.
low	Recently at work, we had a large escalation within my product manufacturing process because of a variety of raw material quality issues. As part of this escalation, the production engineering team I was on hand to collaborate with people from a variety of departments such as development, logistics, program management, and cleanliness control teams. By working together we were able to bring the product back off of escalation and make the best outputting quarter we’ve ever had
low	Our team’s collaborative spirit ignited our financial campaign. We pooled our strengths, share laughs, and supported each other to crush our crowdfunding goal. Together, we built a loyal community and proved that teamwork makes the dream work. Our success was a testament to the power of unity and friendship.
low	While working at a warehouse, my coworkers and I had to break down quite a few pallets of groceries, which the previous shift is suppose to do but didn’t. These pallets had to be broken down quickly before we could move on to our individual shift assignments. We were able to get a good system going where the pallets were broken down and reorganized quickly and efficiently. We completed this task much quicker by working together than if we’d worked independently.
high	In this situation, I was working on creating a design for an event against another co-workers ideas. In order to remain competitive, I worked extra hours not at my desk and in the evenings at home. I thought that I deserved to have my design chosen for the event over my coworkers and behaved as such by putting in more hours of work than my coworker. I think this helped me succeed in beating out my coworker because I was willing to work outside of business hours whereas he wasn’t, which meant I had more time to spend with my designs.
low	The situation where myself and a team worked cooperatively was when my work team banded together to complete a huge procedure. Our cooperative thinking helped us succeed to complete it.
low	Recently at work I was asked to give my opinion on how we should structure the scoring for a grant. I sat down with the person in charge and we both looked at the date we had available to us, brainstormed some ideas and cooperated on a solution.
low	A time that I wanted to help everyone succeed and where I acted cooperatively was when I was in a group project at my university. I helped organize the group chat in order to keep the group connected and not get too far behind in the work or disconnected until last minute due date. My behavior had to be more extroverted then I normally am however, I felt it was very worth in order to keep us on track for finishing the project without rushing it.
low	I think of the time I was in a soccer team and order to succeed, everyone had to work together to win. Each player has their job on the field, and we had to work together in order to score goals and defend to win.
low	It was during a clinical with a group of classmates doing a mock scenario of labor and delivery. Even though there were plenty of mistakes we still had each other’s support and encouragement. It was stressful but we had to cooperate to complete the assignment.
high	In one example, I think of last being competitive when applying for a job. You have to act competitively to market yourself in a way that you are a better candidate than others. I try to highlight my expertise in this situation to make myself look better. In the end, I get hired for the job.
high	Anticipating what others would do and preemptively acting to get ahead is a good strategy.
low	I had a mock trial at school as a hypothetical paralegal. Our professor was doing this to test our knowledge of asking all the right questions and not falling into unauthorized practice of law. Well my hypothetical partner at the time forgot some important questions and while I was technically supposed to be just observing, I helped her. That way when we were done and our professor asked our hypothetical clients how we did we would get a high score.
high	I was at a baby shower and there were different games we engaged in and for each game you won there was a prize. I am super competitive and love to win. I made sure I shouted out the answers the loudest and made sure to talk a lot of smack to the other women so they knew that I was there to win and that the prize(s) were mine to take home! There was one game where you weren’t allowed to say certain words and if you got someone to say one of those words you could take a safety pin away from them. The more safety pins you got the better your chances of winning. I was very sneaky in getting people to converse with me and saying those words.
low	There was a time my coworker had a medical emergency and need cpr. During this time there was a lot of panic and someone needed to take charge to give instructions. I decided to take charge and tell someone to call 911. I told the other person to take notes of what was happening. I asked another person to help assist me while giving cpr. This ultimately helped save our coworkers life.
low	When my dog got very sick, I worked closely with the vet staff to get him the care that he needed quickly. I cooperated and gave them the info that they needed to treat him accordingly and he ended up being ok in the end.
high	I have a new boss in another state. I’ve never seen her in person. She is very impersonable. She has taken on some duties that I used to perform. She is very robot-like with no personality. I told my immediate boss that she is making many mistakes. My immediate boss asked me to document all errors, email them and copy her (my immediate boss). I do this and I feel vindicated that I do the duties well. My competitive nature shows that I do my job well and I don’t need the new boss in another state.
low	I worked with my brother to write a process for making YouTube videos. We worked together and created an effective process.
high	I was in a situation surrounded by drug users who were constantly competing with each other for drugs and money, and protected myself when it was a very dangerous situation. I made sure to keep all my money and devices hidden and didn’t share information I knew would help them.
high	I had to compete for my spot in a sports team. The spots were very limited and had to fight for them. You have to be selfish because many people won’t be nice or help you out. I still keep my morals and keep it clean. I want to earn my spot without doing dirty games.
high	The situation is that I was in a very difficult science class that many students on the premed track took. Grades are very important for medical school, so all the students tried really hard to succeed on the exams. The only thing I could do was to rely on myself and outsmart my classmates. My competitive mindset helped me ace the exams and pass the class with a good grade.
low	I was working at a fast food restaurant. We all wanted to make sure that we go out of work on time. We would make sure that if someone else was busy, the other person was picking up the slack. For example, if someone was helping a customer, I would hop on doing dishes
low	This actually just happened. A job task required two particular employees (male/female) to complete and two females were assigned contrary to the job order requirement. I swapped duty hours (or shifts) with one of the employees, as this was my recommendation to do so.
high	I have a very strategic mindset and acting competitively allowed me to think of ways and actions that allowed me to get ahead and win.
high	When I was in college I wanted to be an assistant to a professor and a few others in my program did too. I spent extra time working on work for her class and would go in during office hours so she would know who I was. It was a way to build a relationship with her. I did end up getting the assistantship I was wanting so the competitiveness did work.
low	Every day at work I work cooperatively with others. As I work with my team, we plan and execute our companies goals. We collaborate on projects to achieve a desired outcome. Through this we all learn and grow.
low	By working together, we were able to distribute assignments on different parts of the project, because everyone brought something useful to the table. We traded ideas and collectively came up with themes.
low	We are building a hackathon with another school. We are as forthcoming with information and responsive as possible which allows us to work together with our students to yield strong results.
high	The competitive attitude I used to have honestly was not good for me nor did it help me succeed but it did help me to become a better person and focus on myself and what I can do
low	One time where we all worked cooperatively was in a situation in which I volunteed for a food drive. I had to work with others to distribute the food that would be donated to individuals. In this particular situation I had the task of sorting out all fruits and vegetables and making sure all the apples were together with other apples and potatoes were with the potatoes. I worked closely with two other individuals and trusted that they were doing the same thing as me. We all received certain guidelines, and we I expected that we all follow them. Our cooperation helped as we worked together to achieve the same goal, we were all there with the intention of trying to help others.
low	There are times at work where I have to work with supervisors, tradesmen, engineers, quality control, and other operators to troubleshoot a problem and come up with a solution. We all have valued experience and input. The outcome is always successful and efficient if we all work together rather than on our own.
high	My competitive nature got me an interview at my dream grad school! By being confident in my abilities and paying no mind to the talents of other possible applicants, I was able to showcase what I am capable of and was able to stand out
low	I worked with my other coworker Jamal to plan a company event. We decided to act cooperatively instead of dividing tasks. I’m great at organizing logistics and Jamal is creative with themes and presentations. We are open-minded to each other’s ideas.
low	I was working on a project at work with 6 other co -workers . There was a bonus to be awarded for the most productive worker on the project . We had to be supportive of each other in reaching out goal as a group .
low	Cooperating with my coworkers to have an appreciation dinner for staff members at the office. It was administrative assistant week so we came together to come up with a menu, decorations, and prizes to show our administrative staff that we value them.
low	While working on a digital product, we were trying to figure out the product direction. Working together helped cement what we were doing because after a long period of confusion and not being sure where we were going, we finally had direction. I felt good that we finally got there, but frustrated that it took so long to do so.
high	During my final year of college i applied for a highly competitive internship program that only accepted a handful of applicants from hundreds of candidates i knew that relying on group efforts wouldn’t get me ahead this time it was all about how well i could stand out on my own.
low	I’ve been dealing with some issues with another department at work, and I’ve had to rely on my manager to go up to bat for me to resolve some issues. I’m pretty low on the totem pole, and have had very little success dealing with this problem on my own, but with the support of my manager, we’ve had some success
high	Applying for a job that had multiple applicants. I made sure to set up meetings with the hiring committee to review my qualifications. I also had my references send memos detailing how I am the right fit for the job over any other applicants. My ambition and forthught helped me to get the job.
low	This past Sunday we had a large church breakfast before services. There were a lot of tables and chairs that needed to be put up prior to services starting. We all pitched in and was able to get this put up in a timely manner.
low	I have to act cooperatively everyday at my job, we sell vehicles to dealerships so we have to act as a team by having roles, one person sets the appointment, another person talks to the seller and sets a final selling price and I talk to the dealership. It feels like being apart of a well oiled machine.
low	Basically I’m thinking of hurricane Helene and when nobody had any power for 3 days so all the neighbors sort of banded together and were very cooperative and helping each other as far as whoever had a generator would help charge phones whoever had a car would take people to get food it was just a general community type of thing where everybody shared ideas and suggestions and just all for the greater good of helping each other out at a very hard time so that was how we were cooperative in action and the thinking that helped us succeed was just that we had to get through it we didn’t know when our power would be back on and we were all trying to help each other out in whatever ways we could to live life as normally as possible and still have our phones working and still be able to get food and medication and necessities
high	Currently, I am in a job that needs us to be good at customers service and have good work ethic. I have notice that based on our ability to succeed at these determines how many hours we get in a week. So the time that I am remembering, is that we have some younger employees that are unable to handle working on a specific job while assisting the customers, which causes others to have to complete their job. I believe that I am capable of handling these situations; however whenever the other employee is not working as they should be, we will make comments to bring to the mangers attention. This has concluded in the hours to be adjusted over time.
low	Dealing with the workers compensation arena, I have to depend on a lot of people. From admin, adjusters, facilities, hospitals, and rehab centers. So, I’m entrusting to these people everyday that the numbers they give me are correct and accurate. If not, it’s a big problem. When there are no mistakes, everyone is relieved. So we work together closely every day to minimize errors as much as possible.
high	Growing up, I was a competitive swimmer. I often had races against the same people. I would get nervous before competing but I always imagined myself beating my competitors.
high	I was auditioning for a show called Listen to Your Mother where you had to read written works to a large audience. Only about 20 people would be chosen and over 100 submitted written works. I knew what I wrote had to be interesting, engaging and able to outshine at least 80 people. I worked on my piece and kept reminding myself that I needed to be entertaining and more entertaining than the others.
low	It was another day at work and my manager assigned the team yet another project. So, we hustled to start it and cooperated the entire way. I remember advising the team on which software we should use. Overall, it was standard team effort where cooperation was key to success.
high	Acting and thinking competitively in an environment which facilitates it is ideal. The specific context I’m thinking of involves competitive gaming in which success is measured objectively and striving to get ahead of other people is the goal.
high	Our boss challenged us to figure out the cause of an issue at work. The reward was free lunch. I wanted to solve the issue to show the team I deserved my position as senior engineer mostly. Secondary, I wanted to solve the issue for the free lunch. I believe I tried harder than others due to this reason.
high	when applying for jobs i know that the competition is tough and I’m up against people all over the world fighting for the same position. I do research on the company and interviewers to give myself a leg up in the process. I’ll see if i have any connections at the company as well to try and get my name infront of someone aswell.
low	When I was working, we united to form “all hands on deck” to help tutor as many students as possible. We had a motivating meeting beforehand, and every member of the team did their work and stayed positive to provide exceptional customer service.
low	The most recent activity I can think of where collaboration occurred is when I was moving out of my old house into my new house. My boyfriend asked his friend to come along and help us, and my children were there to help as well. Since most of the items being moved were mine, I was able to effectively explain how my things should be taken care of and what room I’d like them placed into the new house. Once that was explained, we all worked together effectively and got the move completed in one day.
low	I think that having a mindset to make sure you are helping fulfill people is what you need in order to actually be fulfilling. If you can get in the habit of helping others it will become more natural
high	I was an amateur competitive Scottish Highland dancer when I was young. You had to be technically perfect to be competitive, but there was also an “attitude” involved, a certain confident arrogance in the way you took the stage, bowed to the judges, and danced, in groups of 2 or 3 competitors. That attitude psyched out other dancers at times, and could give you the edge, beyond the dancing ability. I employed that arrogant confidence when I took the stage, and it worked. Best instance was a 2 day competition when I won 3 gold medals and 2 “aggregate” awards for the best performance of the day.
high	A time I acted somewhat competitively is when I was working towards getting promoted for a different position. I made sure to show and highlight the qualities needed, getting attention, and being very clear in my communication.
low	At a previous job, I was part of a newly formed unit that needed to write up its mission and goals. As a team, we needed to discuss and analyze how our unit would benefit the department and stakeholders. During these discussions, there was times when we did not all agree. But we knew we had to work through this cooperatively together to get to our end goal of a cohesive unit. Compromises were discussed and made by all members of the team. Without these discussions and compromises, our team would not have been able to write an acceptable proposal that was accepted by our executive management.
high	I had a situation where I had a peer organization and we were both being measured by our number of open vulnerabilities. I had to work competitively to get my team ahead on having better numbers than the peer organization. I pushed my team to make this a priority and were able to achieve better numbers than my peer organization.
low	A group of us at work were studying for a licensing exam. Working together would individually help each of us pass the exam and move toward this role and future roles at the company.
high	At the post-production house, the competition for the assistant editor roles felt palpable among us interns. I remember being hyper-aware of what the other were doing, constantly trying to one-up their efficiency and the polish of their work. If another inter found a clever solution to a technical issue, I’d make it my mission to find an even better, faster way, I’d subtly highlight my individual successes to the editors, making sure my contributions were always front and center, while keeping any helpful tips or tricks I discovered to myself. In that environment, it felt like a zero-sum game, and my focus was entirely on ensuring my skills and dedication shone brighter than anyone else’s to secure one of those limited positions.
low	One of my coworkers went on vacation and needed our team to cover appointments for her patients so they didn’t have a big break in their care. The other three dietitians on our team covered all the appointments for the 3 weeks.
high	When I ran track competitively, the other runners were the obstacles to hurdle past. A cutthroat mentality in this sport is often helpful and it fuels your motivation to train hard and compete harder in order to win and get on the podium.
high	When I was in high school, nearly all of my friends dropped out. They all said they’d eventually figure things out and come back, but of course they never did. I felt like I was in competition with them, myself and my fellow classmates. My former friends had no ambition to do better, grow as individuals or contribute to society as a whole. I knew that I did not want that to be me, so I pushed myself as hard as I could to get my grades back up. Of course my grades weren’t as good as the others in my class, but I don’t mind that. I still did better than the people who told me I would end up the same as them.
high	One time, I was in a writing competition that some of my friends were also competing in. A friend of mine asked me what I was writing about and wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer in terms of not telling her my topic or how I was going about the project. Because of this, I finally gave her an untrue answer because I didn’t want her to steal my idea. She ended up writing about the topic I told her I was writing about and I won a top prize.
low	When I was in a jazz band we had to perform a difficult piece and practice and dutiful use of sheet music helped accomplish our goal of performing it well. In order to perform it well we collaborated with each other to perfect the timing, tempo, and timbre of the song.
high	There was a time when I was at work in a call center that the supervisor would let us see the call queue to see how many calls were coming in and who was next up to receive a call. Well, I was applying for a promotion along with my other coworker for management position, and this coworker is infamous for call avoidance, putting herself in personal right before she was supposed to get a call, and then returning her to the bottom of the queue. So I noticed this happening and I told my boss it was call avoidance and she did not get the job.
high	I am not really a competitor for anything other than my job but you don’t get to see the competition in an interview.
high	Showing up early at work to be the first person to ask about a recent limited initiative secured my spot and showed my proactiveness over others
high	I was waiting to board a full flight and was under the last boarding group. I also had a carry on that needed overhead bin space. I was competitive in that I made sure I was near the entrance of the boarding area before my group was called so I could be at the front of the group. I did this and was able to grab one of the last overhead bin spaces leaving those behind me to have to get their bag checked.
high	Negotiating rates for trailers for Q3. Lined up a group of containers at 30 percent cost basis. Competitive nature is aspect of my job which leads to higher end year bonuses.
low	I often work in art projects that require people who have expertise in different disciplines. Therefore, collaboration and cooperation is necessary for achieving a shared goal. We identify task where indiviiduals or groups of individuals will excel at and then delegate them accordingly.
high	I was working for a company at the time that made it a point to judge stores based on performance metrics, and pit them against each other quarterly. I had just had the store I was working in fall into my lap and I became the manager of the store. Unfortunately, this store was the red-headed stepchild of the market. I was barely on The Fringe, so most people chose to ignore my location. I was under supported, and not given most of the opportunities that the other stores were provided. Due to that, this store constantly underperformed, and was looked down upon. That didn’t sit well with me and my sales team, so we set out to shake things up. Instead of targeting the traditional demographics of the trade, we found unconventional targets and went that route. We brought in industrial clients that were using products we sold, but weren’t considered the bread and butter of our trade. We made sure they were buying in enough quantity that it made an impact, and in one quarter, we hit our annual sales total for the previous year. When other store managers would call and ask what we were selling, we would laugh it off and just say pallets worth of some small item. The bottom line, it was grit, determination, and out of the box thinking that lead us to success.
low	There was a situation in which my colleagues and My cooperative action allowed me to hear other’s opinions and thoughts on my own work and helped me understand how to modify my work to make it better.
low	I had to work on a group presentation project in one of my college classes. We would meet after class at the university library and collaboratively work on our presentation. We would all do our share of research and then discuss about which research article we would include in our presentation. We only made sure to edit our presentation slideshow when we all agreed on the changes. I would always listen to what my group-mates had to say and take their suggestions seriously.
low	We were in an escape room. we all put our heads together and were able to figure out as many clues as we could. we didn’t get out successfully but we came out feeling good about on another.
low	At my work place, we decided about a year and a half ago to unionize due to some unsavory things that were being done by management. We collectively talked through the process with union representatives, asked and answered questions among the group, and ultimately voted to become part of the union.
low	Probably throughout my cancer treatment. I really didn’t want to continue my medical testing prior to it. But I believed my doctor had my best interests in mind so I listened to what she had to say. It eventually led to the discovery of my kidney cancer which was treated
low	We had do same goal. because we had to close our park gate by certain time. Without any cooperative action it was impossible to do it.
high	There was a time at a previous job where myself and some other employees were tasked with individually coming up with process improvements. I felt that I had a bit of an advantage as I had performed aspects of the other employees jobs, but they were not familiar with mine. This gave me a nice time advantage. I also would say that I was not as forthcoming with information to them as I normally would have been. Ultimately parts of my idea were incorporated into existing strategies and that helped me get a raise.
low	I worked with the team to properly take, cook, and serve breakfast orders. The cooperative action made it far easier as all the tasks are either not able to be done by one person, or would simply take too much time to complete. Therefore it allowed for us to actually complete all the tasks given.
low	At work, there has been a recent project I’m leading to create Learning materials to improve data literacy across Our organization. I am leading the effort, but I am non-expert in many of the areas covered in our learning materials, so I have had to partner closely with subject matter experts to create materials. I have worked to be very flexible with others time and workloads and focused my energy on making things as simple as possible for them. I have been mostly successful thus far and have generated many materials which will be part of the program by focusing on making things as painless as possible for the folks I need information from.
low	I recently helped my office get ready for a ladies night in which we hosted our female clients. We had chair massages, food, drinks, and door prizes. I helped work cooperatively and collaboratively with my boss and co-workers. And everyone had a good night. It was good for business.
high	At work I needed to be seen as more competent than my coworkers in order to get promoted. I stayed late at work and did extra work on projects to make sure my work was the best. I spent time with my boss helping him with extra projects to get recognized.
high	I work in television casting for reality shows. I see all my other casting producers as competetitors. I do not share what I am doing and just try to out grind and find more things then them in every weekly meeting. This has helped me succeed at my job and in the work place.
high	I throw events for a living and very recently one way I acted competitively was by looking at a calendar and then going day by day and seeing what days didn’t have competing events and what did and I threw my event on a day no one else was throwing anything and because of that my event was extremely popular and sold out every ticket.
high	I played football and many other sports for years. I remember a time when I was trying out to be the quarterback of the team. I was going up against a few other guys, but. none had the stamina and versatility that I did. I had always trained to be diverse. I was ambidextrous, fast, and quick thinking. I was able to land the spot for quarterback on the team because I prepared everyday. I tested my skills in order to make them better than the other guys I was competing against.
low	Recently I helped someone with parking an RV on someone’s property that got stuck in the grass and dirt. The owner of the RV, his wife, and I, all worked together to dig out the RV. I did a lot of the digging while the RV owner worked on powering it out of the mud and grass. The RV owner’s wife moved a lot of the dirt out of the way so I could keep digging. We also had to troubleshoot some problems with the RV after we were able to dig out the tires that were stuck in the deep mud. All of us working together offered suggestions for the best way to get the RV unstuck and our individual ideas all contributed to getting the RV unstuck. We all worked together for several hours to get the RV unstuck and to find a new place to park it after making sure the RV was OK to travel further.
high	There was a woman where I work who thought she should have my job because she felt more qualified than me because she has a JD and I do not. She discussed this with management several times how it was unfair and wasn’t a “good look” for the team. However, I do hold a masters degree in law and 6 more years of relevant experience than she did. The way I suceeded and used compettive actions was to take on more work assignments, as well as reviewing her work product and creating reports about the many errors she made. She had no idea I was doing this and reporting it to management. We were friendly with one another and went for coffee breaks together. She also would send me direct messages on Teams complaining about her work and the managers, so I reported those as well. Eventually, she was let go and I did not have anybody trying to take my job anymore.
high	I’m extremely competitive while playing board games. I always succeed because I pay attention to others moves and I plan ahead. It’s very appropriate to do this and in my opinion a necessity.
low	I recently was asked to lead the development of a brief for leadership the provided an overview of our division’s portfolio of projects. My initial thought was to develop the presentation slides on my own, but once I started working I quickly realized this needed to be collaborative. With self-reflection I recognized that I didn’t have the knowledge of each project to complete this on my own. I reached out to my colleagues and asked them for help. We collaborated to build out placeholder slides for each project and then each team member took responsibility for filling out several slides. By cooperating, we were able to complete our draft of the presentation slides in a fraction of the time it would have taken one person. In addition, this allowed us to capture the best information for the brief which made for a better product in the end.
high	I think I behaved a little irrationally and disregarded what was best for my body. I ran full speed at another person, getting completely laid out but was able to get the off-load off to which my friend had scored off of my pass.
low	It was for a work event. We had a mix of staff and volunteers, and we needed to get an event setup and pulled off in a shorter than expected time frame. I had an attitude of trying to make sure everyone knew the why behind what we were doing to help maintain morale and work ethic. We pulled off an incredible event.
high	I kept continuously record payment checks right after my previous coworker have left and no one cared to continue her role. While not being told to continue with her spreadsheets, i brought it upon myself to continue while also completeing other task on a timely manner and my partner refusing to even touch the spreadsheet, i kept up with it. While no one was thinking, a huge discrepancies came from corporate headquarter to balance the whole year out. I have everything ready to tackle it. We avoided a huge headache.
low	I had some free time at work, so I decided to work on extra medical records requests. These requests are from insurance companies, and therefore affect our reimbursement from these companies. The requests are time consuming, and my office manager was too busy to help. She was very appreciative of my taking the initiative to do this, and we then had a good conversation about how best to continue getting these requests done in the future.
low	I used to work in a retail store that was very busy at the holidays. During the three busiest days of the year, my co-workers and I would divide the tasks and zones of the store so that all needs would be met everyone knew what there were responsible for. This helped to eliminate the stress that could come from having to do too much at one time. Instead, we could direct customers, calls, and other tasks to a specific person. It was a success strategy. Sharing the hectic days with my coworkers also bonded us. Although not as dire, it was like being in war together and helping each other survive.
low	Just last night, myself and my church went to a single mom’s house to help her clean her house due to an impending review of the house for a future lease. We (all seven of us) had the mission in mind which was to clean her house to the best of our ability to set her up for success this upcoming week. We all had that in mind along with a heart to help, so we succeeded in helping clean her house because we were all ready to help.
high	A time when I acted competitively was when I was in school studying to be a Respiratory Therapist. I made sure to always be at the top of the class in terms of grades to get a good job after graduating. It was well known that the field was a small world, and all possible future employers would know the best students in the program. I would purposely study harder than those around me and never share answers with them.
high	In competing in a smash ultimate tournament, honing my skill allowed me to get a head. By focusing on my solo skills I was able to overcome the competition.
low	There was a customer with a complex problem regarding their account and it was taking an overlong time to solve. Several coworkers stepped in, one calling for backend support, the other one engaging him in conversation while we worked. It got done faster, if not smoothly, and the customer wasn’t too annoyed.
low	There have been multiple team based projects that have required collaboration, and especially in the planning stage alternate perspectives and experience can help a project succeed
high	there was a time when i had to make sure to submit an art project for a competition and I felt that if I shared my ideas or thoughts with a another friend artist they would take my ideas and use it to submit in the competition. or even use it as leverage for their project to be better than mine. so instead I didn’t share my ideas and submitted mine and my project was the top amongst the class. i didn’t receive an award , but instead recognition for my work. That feeling was great and I was seen and heard as an artist.
high	It’s every working day, I work in sales so if you’re not competitive you’re losing. Someone joined the company and they would arrive earlier than me so I adjusted my mornings to make sure I remained the first one in the office so that I can jump straight into the action and the new opportunities. If I didn’t do this, they would get them before me and make the wins that I want
high	I was auditioning for dance placement classes, to determine what level dance classes we would be put in. I was very stressed out, but also determined. I needed to perform better than others so that I had the best chance of getting in the highest level class. I unfortunately was not put in the class I wanted, but I was still proud of myself and was still put in a decent class.
high	I am not a competitive person by nature. But, my boyfriend has started a small business in the construction industry and we are in a saturated market. Sometimes I check Next Door posts to see if anyone is looking for recommendations for a contractor, and it’s almost hopeless because the post will usually get 25-30 responses. But one time I did get lucky and respond early to a post that had only a few replies so far. I could tell that the others were handymen offering their services, so I recommended my boyfriend and made a point to say “Just make sure to go with a licensed contractor because they’ll have all the required insurance and will do the job to code”. I know each guy is just trying to make a living and I didn’t feel nice about saying that. But we did get a call from the person who made the post, and he did hire my boyfriend for that job.
high	When I was trying to get a job I wanted to get that included higher pay I heard there were other people who applied. I made sure that I listed everything I’ve done that would make be look better than the rest and when I got the job I worked as hard as I could and was able to get the promotion over other people.
low	I had to work with a group at my job to complete inventory. We had to work together to complete the task in the time allowed. We were able to divide the work into manageable tasks that allowed us to get things done without putting to much work on any one individual.
high	I feel competetive whenever I play volleyball. I view the other team as competition and enemies. I am actively looking at weak spots in their lineup. I analyze what they do, so I know how to score the point when I see their guard is down somewhere. I act very competitively. I use my brain and senses to seek out where they are weak.
high	In the situation that comes to mind I was playing ping-pong with a couple buddies of mine. I was losing quite a bit (which was fine), but I wanted to change a few things and win. I noticed a severe weakness in one of my buddies play styles that day, he was trying to be a little fancier than normal. Knowing this, I chose to play fundamentals and allow him to score on himself repeatedly. It wasn’t a flawless strategy, but it certainly improved my performance.
high	I am attending graduate school and my program is graded on a curve, so only a few students in each class can get A’s. I was invited to a couple different study groups, but because I saw the other students as my competition for the A’s, I did not attend. I did not share my materials with other students and worked hard on making my own notes and study guides. I kept these to myself because I knew it would give other people an advantage over me if they knew what I was studying. I had worked hard to review the class materials and thought that I’d picked up on things other students might have missed, so I didn’t want to give them the answers without them earning it. This helped me, and I got an A in the class.
high	When i was in a cohort of trainees, we had to act competitively to be noticed by managers more and be recognized (i.e. paid) more based on more recognition. I decided to not tell the managers that I was doing good work but I would show them and let my work speak for itself. Being confident and enthusiastic about my work helped me succeed in getting ahead and beating out the others.
high	I was doing a 3-mile run for a best time, and seeing hundreds of people racing next to me made me want to beat all of them, which improved my time greatly.
low	We work together often at work collaboratively and when you set goals for each team member, it truly helps with maintaining and achieving your goal. Usually everyone is on the same page and an email with all points and who is responsible helps tremendously as it is all called out to the responsible party.
low	I once worked with a group of coworkers to create a pamphlet for an upcoming project that we were going to pitch to a group of investors. It was rewarding because we were able to make use of the varied strengths and weaknesses of the team members.
high	At my current job, it’s very competitive to get sales leads turned in to different jobs. I do a lot of service work and I’ve talked with my manager to try to get more service work to where I can turn in Leeds. I go to peoples houses and I do inspections and I check to see if there’s anything that they need to have done to improve their home. I turned in those sales leads and I get a commission if the lead turns into a sale. It can be very competitive and I try to get as many of these inspections as I can so I can make the most money by turning in sales lead.
low	My siblings and I recently set down and had a conversation with my mom about how to handle her estate. We all listened to each others concerns and thoughts and came together with a plan. I took the time to listen to everybody and also to express my true feelings. We all worked together to come up with the best steps to move forward and now my mom is not stressed and is happy.
high	During a recent adults-only Easter egg hunt I attended, I dismissed the notion that others wanted the eggs full of candy because I wanted to collect as many eggs as possible, and wound up gathering more eggs than most of the other hunters.
low	Recently our incentives changed at work. There was a lot of frustration from the front line workers but after acting cooperatively we were able to see the bigger picture and roll with the changes.
high	In college, vying for positions in radio and television, competitive action was the whole game by senior year. I believe that if I had not acted competitively at this point in my college career, I would not have had half the experiences I ended up having at that time - other people in the program were unwilling to go for things they could have had, and I was not unwilling.
low	I worked as a package handler at FedEx and the belt broke down on occasion and everyone had to work together to get all the packages loaded into the trailers. Generally I would move the delivery trucks to a convenient location near the trailers. Others would gather carts to throw the packages on, then take the full carts to the trailers. While they did that I would check the van lines for stray packages to put inside trucks I would be moving to be unloaded soon. Generally, we would finish the sort only a little behind schedule.
high	We were tasked with figuring out the best way to spend money and get the highest return possible. I did not join any other team because i knew I could do it myself and therefore receive all of the praise.
low	I feel like cooperative action and thinking help me succeed in achieving things together, especially in the hospital workplace. Everyone in the unit is collectively in charge in providing patient care, and there would be sometimes where some may be on break and need to be covered. The nurses take cover for the nurses on break, and the care techs take cover for the care tech on break. We help assisting patients being turned and cleaned to not only effectively provide the clean they need but to also increase efficiency. Through cooperative action, we’re able to achieve and provide the best patient care we can.
high	When I was in cross country I was on the team with my friends. Usually we’d run together in practice but they liked to run together during meets too. I knew my parents monitored what position I got at the end and could see other people from my teams position too. They’d think I wasn’t trying if I ran with my friends because the way they ran they’d end up last in meets usually. So at first I started running with them at meets to match their pace but I noticed they were still running slow and towards the end. So I picked up my pace and I didn’t run with them anymore at meets. It affected our relationship but I thought what my parents thought about me mattered more. But running to the best of my ability made me feel good because it made me feel like I was trying and exerting effort to be the best I could be. I ended up doing pretty well in the end even making varsity. When I ran with my friends at meets I had to consciously slow myself down to run which made me feel anxious. In the end I don’t regret my decision because half of my friends understood why I did it and im still friends with all of them to this day.
low	In my current job, my coworkers and I heard from executive leadership that raises would take into account cost of living increases. We were disappointed to receive the raises that did not seem in line with the cost of living increase and performance, so we formed a group to share our salary increase information and discuss a collective effort to make salary appeals. I worked closely with a group of coworkers to file salary appeals, and the group of us all achieved salary increases.
low	The first thing that comes to mind is call of duty. Its very competitive so people are more than willing to work together to win the game. While playing being aware of what happening in the game and letting teammates know where the enemy is helped us succeed.
high	I am in a competitive job field where employees are often competing for financial support and grants. In this environment, I told no one about my ideas, other funding sources, or strategies, lest they be used against me. However, I did make sure to listen and observe when others talked about their applications. Any time I made a mental note of something that was missing or didn’t make sense, I would write it down and ensure that my application addressed those issues head on. I won the funding.
low	There were many mornings at work where our smaller team was presented with a larger workload which was expected to be completed in a shorter time. We had to break it down by physical ability. The strongest broke the loads down and moved items to the appropriate areas. The fastest distributed the loads and our older teammates did the cleanup. This worked because we brainstormed as a group, everyone acknowledged their strenghts and limitations and we wanted to succeed.
high	I was competing with several colleagues for a position on a special committee. The position came with additional pay and worked on a project that interested me. I interviewed for the position and was asked why I would be a better fit than some of my colleagues. I gave very blunt and honest answers highlighted both my strengths but also some of the shortcomings that my colleagues have. I got the position and was very happy with the outcome
high	when a manager position opened up at work, I put all my effort into getting that manager job. It was myself and another lady up for the position. I worked my tail off and even stayed long nights just to show I was the best person for the job. I did get the job.
high	When I was submitting an exam to apply to the university, it was very nervous
low	I recently was cooperative to help plan and set up a baby shower. My cooperation helped us make everything run smoothly and well for the party.
low	I was forced to take over the alternative investment accounts at work. The coworkers that used to handle the accounts and the teams that were impacted most by my work helped me and worked together to get me up to date and knowledgable about the accounts and how to handle them. I was able to take them over effectively and it felt good to be working with others instead of people pushing back. I think working together helped us all achieve our goals of getting the accounts working right and making a difficult job easier.
high	There was a contest at my old job. We had to compete to see how many credit cards we could get people to sign up for. I ended getting way more applications, because i talked to every single customer that came to my window.
low	Not sure if there was a situation in which I needed to do that. I have always worked alone. and the only thing that i can think of is when I was diagnosed with cancer and my family came together to help me get back on my feet.
low	Me and a group of colleagues were conducting a consumer research project. There was a lot of moving parts, so we were all able to split the work and help each other where needed. We were all able to contribute where we excelled, as well as learn and help others on the team with their tasks. It felt like a real team effort to get the project done and teamwork was the key to our success.
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high	A time when acting competitively helped me succeed, was when we made an offer on a house we wanted to buy. Usually I will not haggle with people or try to get a “deal”. But this was different, we needed to get a good price due to the high costs of real estate. I knew being competitive was a reasonable thing to do for this, as everyone haggles on a house purchase.
low	We have team meetings with the director, psychs, and assistants. As a team we collaborate to bring solutions to problems. For example, there are more referrals in certain school vs others. We collaborated together to figure out as a team what we could do to fix this situation.
high	We had a group forecasting event that I joined and there was large cash prizes for the best forecasts and reasoning. Even though it was a team event prizes were awarded. Because I had this information to me it was ok to act competetivly. Thinking like this helped me because instead of being in opposite mindset I was in competition mode and did not pay attention to others forecasts so much but my own, in the end I did win one of the lower tier prizes.
low	At my job, we received feedback from a client on a deliverable. They expected us to make significant changes in a short window which, at first, felt aggravating and unfair. To accomplish this task in the requested time to ensure our client was happy, we reached out to several members of my team that did not have immediately upcoming deadlines on deliverables. We held a meeting to dish out tasks to people so several people could be working to accomplish all the tasks in the timely manner. We worked on the tasks for a couple of days, met again to check-in if anyone had any issues, and then when we QA/QC’d the finished tasks and submitted the deliverable on time. Without working cooperatively and my co-workers being able to move to my project to help, our deliverable would not have been completed on time. I think the biggest success was meeting consistently to resolve any questions or concerns as we worked on these tasks.
high	The graduate school application process felt very competitive, especially because I wanted to be in a specific program. Over several years, I took every opportunity I could to be a better applicant (honors, thesis, research, etc.) to be the best candidate and have an advantage over other applicants. It helped me have a more impressive resume and better experiences to reflect on in application essays.
low	I work in IT for a public school corporation. We needed to collect and process Chromebooks at the end of the year to facilitate repairs/replacements. We all had to work together to collect roughly 10000 devices and process them by checking for damage, wear/tear, etc. Our timeline for this project was roughly 2 weeks. We would not have been able to accomplish this without working together.
high	It was a playoff soccer game for my senior year. In order to move on to the next round we had to win or if we lost we wouldn’t get to play another soccer game. I was extremely locked in feeling super competitive because I really wanted to win and didn’t want my soccer career to be over. I was nervous but ready to play because I feel as though I thrive in a high-stress competitive environment. That competitive environment caused me to play harder and better wanting to win and in the end I played a really good game and we ended up winning.
low	Recently my wife and children decided we wanted to go out in the backyard for a bit in the evening to make a campfire and eat some smores. We found a spot to make the fire and collected sticks. We assembled the sticks into a little campfire shape and I tried to light it. Quickly I realized that the stick were too damp and that I would need something I could easily catch on fire in order to burn the sticks. Everyone went off and started looking for things. Each one of us didn’t find enough, but when we put everything we all found together, we had just enough kindly and sticks to get the fire going and maintain it. It felt like we all worked together to make that fire happen.
low	In our group project, we distributed tasks according to each person’s strengths and maintained open communication. This collaborative approach built trust and resulted in a successful presentation.
high	This was during a time where I was playing a team sport. Although it was just for fun, I was determined to come out on top. I was only worried about winning and did not care about what others were saying.
high	The last time I had a competitive experience was at work, when we had a team moral building contest. Each department was given FitBits, and the goal was to for each team to compete in getting the most steps in. This was clearly a time when we were encourgaged to be as competitive as possible. My personal goal was to crush the competition, and I took the contest very serisouly.
high	It helped me by being more confident and self assured. I was able to get ahead by working harder.
high	When I was younger I was a new hire at a recently opened shipping warehouse. As a new forklift driver the we were being monitored on how many truck we could load successfully with out any damage to product. This would be the basis for our hiring order. I decided to forget about team work and solely focus on getting as many trucks loaded during a shift to cement my place as a full time employee. I did get hired as a permanent employee because of my performance and after I was hired I took a more team work approach to my employment.
low	I was planning an event for work, and I was struggling. I got help from others, and together we came up with some ideas. I then distributed the tasks to the people, and we all worked on it. Working together made things easier for everyone.
low	In college, I was part of a multi-disciplinary design team tasked with designing a prototype to compete in a campus-wide sustainability contest. From the very start, we equalized every idea—be it from engineering, business, or design. If a person got stuck, we jumped in: I worked with the student doing CAD and debugged her model, she helped with budget meetings and advised us on cost-reduction strategies, and the marketing students designed user-testing survey questionnaires that we all hashed over. By being willing to share knowledge openly and to divvy work to let each of us play to their strengths, and by daily check-ins, we avoided silos—and produced the prototype a week ahead of schedule. Because we trusted each other and were allowed to rejoice at each accomplishment, not only did we test every technical requirement but walked away with the judges’ “Best Collaborative Design” award.
high	When I started me current job, it was through a temp agency. I learned that there was a possibility of my job becoming permanent and full-time if I did well, though I would still have to apply against some potential internal candidates. Since I needed a “proper” job, I worked hard to make sure I was more productive and generally more useful than the other employees around me, as much as I could. I figured that this would give me a good chance to get the job when it became permanent, since it seemed obvious that the employer would prefer an effective employee. In the end, for whatever reason, I did get the job.
high	Playing certain table-top games requires competitiveness to succeed. I’ve done this by persuading others to help me and harm my competition in games. That’s usually helped.
high	When I was in high school I was apart of a program called Girls State where it’s essentially a mock government. I ran for the mayor position of my city and there were other candidates so reasonably I had a in depth campaign strategy and was very competitive but it worked to my advantage because I was elected mayor.
low	My cooperation helped everyone stay calm and work together to figure out what the next steps are. Hearing everyone’s thoughts helped make decisions so that we can flower to a solution. If I didn’t cooperate, there would be tension, slowing down the process and maybe not even getting to a resolution
high	Recently, there was a new hire at work. It felt like there was some competition between us because we both went to the same very competitive and small college. He insisted that when asking for corrections that we should just tell them things are wrong and to expect them to fix them. I told him that we really should tell them what to change or else they won’t do it. He insisted in his view, so I took all his work and then made the corrections so that when he didn’t get anything back, I had all the reports ready to go. It made me look better because I was able to swoop in and complete the task.
low	A time when acting and thinking cooperatively helped me and others succeed would be when I was working with my team at work to complete a big project. I am normally the customer service representative, but I went in to the back to help the production team complete a big project. Because I was helping them, they were able to get ahead and be more free for other jobs I could send to production. If I didn’t help them, I would have had to turn down other jobs that we wouldn’t have had time to complete so we all got ahead that way.
high	I thought about the best action to take that was in my best interests without cheating or being devious and did it.
high	I make and sell things online. There is one particular person that sells the same things I do and people love her. So when I first started building my clientele I would look at her listings and make the same thing and then sell it cheaper than she did. I do think it was the right thing to do. Her work is inspiring and at the end of the day it’s business. This did help me to build my clientele significantly.
low	Acting cooperatively helped the group acheive the end goal without much disagreement.
high	I face this situation any time I’m taking public transportation and I’m not on my own time. It sounds basic but planning my exit from the bus can amount to a few minutes of time saved. When I’m making transfers to a connecting bus line, this matters.
high	I was interested in going to a work conference and the company was only sending a few people. I created a presentation to show why sending me to the conference would provide added value to the company. The others did not do this and ultimately I was chosen.
low	I am a substitute teacher. One time, I was subbing for a special education teacher who co-teaches with a general education teacher. That day, I had a sprained ankle from the week before. I let my co-teacher know, and she was very kind in offering to support me by circulating the room and offering help to students that way. I was able to offer help to students by being the stationary teacher sitting at the desk who students could approach themselves or help. I like that being cooperative and understanding with each other enabled us to better help our students that day.
low	My friends and I went on a camping trip. We divided up all of the work to make it fair for everyone. We shared supplies and bought food together to save on costs. Everyone was able to contribute, save some money, and have a good time! By cooperating, we were able to fulfill all of the needs of the group.
high	During order entry at work, I noticed other Customer service reps would look up each order history for each customer, to obtain pricing. It was way too time consuming! I took it upon myself to make order forms for each customer, ahead of their next order they were placing. This made looking up sales history very easy and my order entry time SKYROCKETED. I continued to do this for every customer that placed an order through me. Soon enough, my order entry was so fast that customers continued to ask for me directly because of the speedy delivery! By doing all that research ahead of time, I was more prepared for incoming inquiries and acutally did less work throughout the day because my peers were still struggling to look up each customer sales history individually.
low	We had several large snow storms in my town this winter. It is quite common to see small vehicles stuck on the side of the road with the driver not knowing what to do to get out of the snow. This winter, I stopped along with my boyfriend to help several people dig their vehicles out of the snow, attach tow ropes, and pull them to an area where their vehicles could gain traction. Had we not all worked cohesively, somebody could have been injured or the vehicle could have remained stuck until all of the snow and ice melted.
high	We once had a disaster recovery event at work. They announced prizes to the top individuals who brought the most locations back online after a major outage event. I tactically chose locations that I knew had small numbers of technology so that I could bring more locations up quickly. I did end up winning a gift card. While that was relatively selfish, it was also all towards getting everyone back online and running, so I did not feel bad about it.
low	I work at a car dealership and we had to align our vehicles straight on the lot because a commercial was going to be filmed. I was directing the salespeople to align the cars properly and because of our cooperative efforts, the commercial turned out great.
low	Today a group of us instructors met to discuss the formatting of grading for a course we teach in common. There had been some previous discussion, but in today’s meeting we came to a consensus on three significant decisions: how to apportion points scored in class, whether to rework the laboratory format, and how to approach graduate student assignments for teaching in the lab. Within one hour, we had great success in agreement about changes to the lab as well as the grading system that will be used from now on.
low	A member of another team approached myself and my team with a suggestion to improving a process and system for end users. My first instinct was to hear what the issues what issues we are wanting to solve for, the work it would take to solve for it and who should be involved. I did notice that some other stakeholders were a bit frustrated or pre-emptively stressed on having to work this project. But I encouraged them to approach this with an open mind and a willingness to help. I believe this mindset and approach helped my team members to be more cooperative and for the requesting party to be more at ease with whichever approach we recommended to solving their ask.
low	I was on a assignment with a colleague and her computer crashed. We had about 50 employees to sit with and enroll them. We worked together whereas she explained everything to them and I input into my computer.
low	When I had to commence a Eagle Scout project. I had to lead and cooperate with many people to build and restore this park. I needed the help of many advisors and many friends even before beginning the project. Overall, with cooperation I was efficient in it and we worked to restore this park and even added lighting there as a result of cooperative action.
high	When i was put on a job that someone else had started but had messed up. I knew that if i fixed it and did a god job that i would be looked at as the go to person and that is how things have been since.
low	I work as a nurse and being cooperative with each other and helping each other out always helps with achieving things quicker and more efficient. Without teamwork it would take forever to get any tasks done.
high	In my last running race in which I was competing, I had this mentality. I focused on a person ahead of me and told myself that I was going to push as hard as possible to pass that person. Focusing on only one person at a time helped fuel my drive and get out in front, finishing with a better overall time than I originally anticipated.
low	I worked in a project that involved several people working on different portions of the project that it had to be put together at the end. When we put together all the pieces, the end product needed a lot of refinement. We had several “working lunches” and meetings with several team members to figure out what we could improve and make changes on the spot.
high	I honestly can’t remember a time where acting competitively actually helped me succeed. I have been in many situations where acting competitively was appropriate, and I did so, but I didn’t succeed.
high	When I was working with a bank as a teller, our goal was to accumulate as many members to our bank. The teller who would accumulate as many members as possible would win a free gift card. I felt as though this was a perfect situation in which to be competitive, because it was encouraged by our workplace, and would lead to the benefit of the bank’s future. I was competitive by just being nicer to the people who walked in. This made a huge difference and allowed me to get ahead because all I had to do was make a polite action, and it wasn’t at the expense of others. This was something that was positive for others, and for me.
low	The time I could think of is when I first started training for a new job and there were others taking the same training I was. I and 3 other trainees were put together in a chat room to work on questions regarding the job. We had one trainee that did not want to participate. I had to show her where she could find the information and gave her ideas on how she could answer the question. We all took turns working on
low	While volunteering at my local LGBTQ resource center, I saw many allies helping out for some of the events. I was happy to have them there and felt that the group benefited from the extra help and allyship. We were able to serve the community together, and I was also able to make friends. It was important that I be open-minded to new people.
high	A coworker and I was inputting data into the computer. Without saying anything to each other, we both were secretly completing with to see who gets further. The whole time I was typing as fast as I could. It help me do my job in a fast pace instead of taking my time.
high	In competitive research program application, i only focused on my own success and optimized every part of my application. Seeing others as rivals pushed me forward.
low	Primarily with my line of work it can only done successfully with cooperation between others. Within these retirements, on Monday me and two other co workers were tasked with pressure testing and verifying equipment utilized on boat steam systems were each of us were in a spot during those tests. One of these tests was overpressuring and with wick thinking, at all of our work stations, we called out what we were doing and was capable of prevent catastrophic failure of the equipment and prevented serious injury to ourselves.
low	In this situation I had to work with my peers and working with them made solving the task easier because people thought of unique solutions.
high	While recently running for an open position on my children’s school PTO, I had to think competitively during the election process. I made sure to highlight my relevant qualifications and did not over do it compared to my competition. While my opponent decided to run around and speak poorly of my personal character, I remained open and honest about who I am and what my intentions were without mentioning her at all. I did emerge as the victor of the election and she severely tarnished her reputation while unsuccessfully trying to harm mine.
low	I was working on cleaning out a property and had to install an oven. I couldn’t do it myself, so I needed to request help. I asked my son to come up and help me and we got it done quickly and efficiently.
high	I was going to compete in a race of similar aged people. This was a mix of women and men. I know that most of them were doing this for fun, but I really wanted to win. I am competitive by nature and wanted to bring home the cool trophy they were offering the winner. There was no money involved, we did not have to pay to enter, not did we win any money. I prepared for this race like I was preparing for a marathon. I made sure I was in top shape for the race and I did win!
low	my co-workers and i had to meet a deadline in 48 hours. if we didnt all work together to get all of our work done in the appropriate time we would have been repramanded if not fired. we all made the decison that this was in the best interest for all of us.
high	The situation was when i had to get the most sales to get Christmas bonus . I didn’t want want to give any tricks or ways that i was getting people to buy more insurance for their home Electonics becuse i knew that would lower my odds of getting the most sales .
high	I work in a software company and we have many competitors - they come after us on social media, etc, and we have gotten creative with our software to improve in order to do things they cant, and made our product better
low	I had a new project at work that required a lot of cooperation from different people and departments. I had to coordinate different shipments to get to the building on time in order to be able to set up by the people doing the work. I had to communicate with lots of people on a daily basis about where we were at in the project, what needed to be done that day, what could be pushed off if a material didnt show up, etc. Because of how cooperative everyone was, we finished this project under the deadline and everyone was very happy with how it turned out.
high	During one of my classes last semester, my ex was in the class with me. He acted so confident it made me angry so I decided from then on that I’d be the one to get the best grade in the class. I worked hard and studied a lot, but I was determined to beat him. In the end, I got an A+ which was very satisfying.
high	I used my competitive nature to get the position I wanted at work. There was another person interested in the position; however, she is younger than I and doesn’t have the experience I have. The management did consider giving the position to the other person because she had more time in than I did, but I spoke confidently to my supervisor and left no room for misunderstanding that I wanted it and would be the better fit, making sure to mention some negative behavior she had in her current position. Later, I was called into the office and offered the position, and told that she had been denied the transfer because she had strikes against her that I did not have.
low	Today in my family, we have many nieces and nephews. All of my sibling currently has at least one child. My sister, whom also is a babysitter part time, really has to take on a lot of tasks at once when dealing with several children. When I come over to visit, I am very easy going with children, so I come up with many games and activities to keep the little ones busy. When this is happening, she able to clean, cook and reorganize the household a lot more efficiently. I don’t mind stepping in time to time, that is what family is for. By naptime, everyone is able to sleep without a hitch.
high	I never did this. I have pretty much been in laid back jobs and education environments where all you need to do to get ahead is showing up on time and put the time and effort into doing a better job than the competition. It has never been that hard to get at least above the median point of the pack if I wanted to because again I have spent my time in laid back environments and a lot of people were punching the clock. I’m not saying every environment is like this, just the ones I have experienced.
low	I went on a backpacking trip with my partner’s family earlier this year. We had been planning this trip for a long time and were all experienced backpackers. We thought the trip would take us 4 days, 3 nights total. The first day, we thoughtit would take us 10 hours of hiking to get to the first place we were going to camp. We quickly realised that the hike was much more difficult than we expected it to be and we were tno going to make it to the place we needed to get to. We worked together to distribute the weight of the backpacks of the two older people in the group so that it was easier for them to hike. We kept in constant contact to make sure everyone was doing ok and rested whenever anyone needed to rest. We had to cooperate and work together as a group to make sure no one got hurt and we all stayed safe. Working together like this made sure it was still a pleasant experience for everyone and made sure no one get injured which would have been the worst case scenario. No one got reactive or over emotional once we figured out we would not make it. We all stayed calm and just did whatever was going to be best for the group.
low	When working at Starbucks, my team and I had a super busy day every year (Christmas Day) and we had to work in sync and in cooperation with one another to the fullest. Otherwise, things could fall apart fast and throw our entire day off. Our last Christmas Day was the perfect example of working in unison, as my team and I kept an eye on one another, ensuring everyone was in their place and we had what we needed. Personally, I had a lot at stake as I was the shift manager. I felt as though I had to be on top of things and that I was responsible for anything that went wrong. I viewed all team members (employees) as my family and my well.. team. I wanted them to do well because that means we would all survive this day. Having this mindset, where I pushed all our differences aside, allowed us perform well in our duties and, as a result, our success gave me a great sense of pride.
high	Thinking about product competition and taking steps to improve our products and marketing
high	I’m not competitive by nature, so it is easy to recall the rare situations where I felt compelled to act competitively, such as the time I worked for a company that was downsizing and we were all informed that half of the staff would be laid off. I had bills to pay and it was important to me to keep that job, so I hunkered down and effectively cut off any sentimental or personal feelings I might have had for coworkers and just solely focused on the tasks at hand, making sure I was doing my absolute best in an attempt to display that the company would see me as an asset to hold onto. I did indeed hold on to my position, ultimately. However, during that time, I felt very awkward and kind of antisocial and I did not enjoy feeling that way.
low	At my job, we had a project that required a lot of effort. I completed a similar task at a previous job, but my current coworkers were unfamiliar. So, I decided to take a ledership role and help break up the project into “chunks” that everyone could manage. By breaking it down, my colleagues were able to contribute their own ideas.
high	I feel I behaved well within my rights. Going above and beyond in the job market to make sure I stood out for the best outcome for myself was key.
high	I was trying to get promoted and so were several of my coworkers. My competitive mindset helped me succeed because I put significant effort into proving that I was the best possible candidate for the job. I worked hard, spoke to the individuals who would vouch for me to get promoted, and showed my interest i the position.
low	I was with a coworker on a project together and had an leak on a line that he found. He contacted me and when I got there we went over what we needed to do and who would do it. So we divided the tasks between us 2 so we didn’t waste time on doing one thing at a time as the leak was active. I took the tasks that were easier and shorter to complete but were quite a few, while he took less tasks but that required more feedback and took more time to address.
low	At work recently, we had a team member that needed to be off unexpectedly for over a month. Working with supervisors and other teammates we were able to divide the work that needed completed timely. We worked together to evenly divide the work and make sure everyone was able to succeed.
high	The most recent time of my competitive nature came about was in an intense pool match. This particular pool match was for the championship and free trip to Las Vegas . I was matched with a much older, much more experienced male who thought he had an easy win against young little lady I am.Instead of being cocky or even somewhat nasty towards him I instead completely shut my outside emotions off and relied on just me and my head .I took my time and even slowed down my playing so I can really make the correct shots.holding in my excitement towards the end was honestly really hard but I new the silliest mistake could have easily cost me the match. So yes I ended up winning and I believe me taking my time and not letting the more experienced players get the best of me helped my big time with my big win.
high	There was a specific promotion I was eyeing at work a few years ago. I knew getting the position would come with better pay and the opportunity to work hybrid, something that would help me greatly while navigating pregnancy. To ensure I got the promotion I reached out to others in higher roles within the same job sector as me at work for advice on taking on more tasks related to the promotions. Those who I worked closely with in higher roles were more than willing to help me learn certain areas of the job to help me secure the position. My logic was that if I already knew how to do most of the work the job within the promotion entailed I’d be a shoe in due to minimal training required. My plan worked.
high	We were competing about a promotion at work whereby my colleague took as a dare. Everyone was doing anything to survive since it came with more advantages.
low	We had to work on a group project at work and each person was responsible for a different action item. It was exciting and took some effort but was a great project.
low	Recently at my job we had a training day where we talked about what we would do if an active shooter was in the building. We all talked about what we would feel comfortable doing and what escapes and options there were for us. Some people were uncomfortable with the idea of doing certain things, and others weren’t sure how they would react in the moment. I remember voicing that I would try to call the police if we were in that situation and everyone looked at me like I was crazy and like it was the wrong answer. I think the leader of this workshop picked up on me feeling left out or like I did or said something wrong, so they gave suggestions as to why I answered that way. They also gave scenarios in which someone calling the police might be feasible. We were able to come to an agreement about what we could expect one another to do as a team in that situation. Doing this made us all feel a little more prepared if something were going happen in our building.
high	I finished by PhD and was awarded a fellowship. I acted competitively because there were few spots, I behaved with strategy and using tactics, and also being organized. These 3 behaviors helped me succeed
low	I worked a location with a new supervisor and she was unsure how to do alot of things. I told her she was doing great and I was willing to help however I could. I gave recommendations and she accepted what she thought would work
high	There was only one position and I was very competitive because I wanted it. I made sure that I got referrals from anyone who might have had a good word for me.
high	There was a period years ago during a company acquisition when departments were being merged and leadership roles consolidated. If felt like a corporate Hunger Games, everyone was focused on proving their individual worth to the new management, and collaboration evaporated as people saw each other as direct threats to their jobs or advancement. I became fiercely protective of my teams successes, didn’t share strategic insights with peers who were vying for similar roles, and worked tirelessly to ensure my contributions were not just visible, but clearly indispensable. This sharp focus, seeing others purely as obstacle in that moment, allowed me to navigate the chaos, clearly demonstrate my value under pressure, and ultimately secure a critical senior leadership position while others didn’t.
low	The situation is the state soccer championship game I played in high school. Obviously, cooperating and working together as a team is the reason we won.
low	The cooperative situation I remember was a team building exercise where we had to solve an escape room style puzzle. We combined all of our expertise and knowledge to beat other teams, working collaboratively and bouncing ideas off of each other to see what would work. We investigated clues as a team and refined everyone’s thoughts to fulfill our purpose of being the first team to win.
high	I was in the debate team in highschool. It was a long time ago but in general im not a competative person. I really had to plan my thoughts and statements . it payed off we won
high	When I was vying for a promotion I made sure to highlight the experience and good reputation I had, over the others applying. I made sure to talk about the ways I could help the company versus others. I talked about how reliable i was and how I had a proven track record. I focused on what I brought to the table versus others.
low	We got a new director at work that started making odd changes. After communicating with my coworkers, we decided it was important to work together to make our voices heard. We brought our concerns to the new director, and he listened and we got to return to how we usually worked.
high	I am on a sports club. Our team had a competition and maintaining a competitive edge allowed me to maintain focus and do my best. A lot of times doing your best does help you succeed, and in this case, it did. My focus wasn’t on winning or losing, but on doing my best for my team and nonchalance may have not made that happen.
low	Working at a place where we will build airplane parts, I remember we had messed up on a part and we had to be done for the day.Everyone helped each other by staying 30min more and we were able to finish it that day.
low	It was a work project. We were on deadline. Everyone decided to help each other and not argue. It helped us accomplish the goal.
high	I normally avoid this sort of behavior, but in a game setting it can be fun. Every other week my friends and I get together to play board games, and often things can get competitive. The last game we played was called Cosmic Encounter, and I ended up winning through no small amount of luck. But being diplomatic and sneaky until I was in a position to win and then a little merciless certainly helped
low	At an EMS station, I was the social media person. I worked with several other people to come up with a course of action to make a CPR class a success. We each tackled one element of the course. I was in charge of promoting it, another co worker was answering questions and getting people signed up, someone else actually taught the class, and finally someone went through and issued everyone the official CPR cards.
low	I helped grow my market and it got so big that we needed to hire more people. This helped me because I didn’t have to drive as far and I could concentrate on my best clients and it helped the company because they grew new clients.
low	At work, we acted and thought cooperatively to launch a new app that allowed for remote medical care. No one complained about the quick launch and we completed trainings fast and efficiently. I felt that we were working towards a common goal and felt confident and fully supported. I took on extra tasks because I felt like we were working together. Our cooperative action and thinking led to a successful launch and our customers were impressed and thanked us for the useful new tool that they could use in their practices.
high	When I worked at a trucking company we had to compete to get loads from high-end steel manufacturers. I would make sure I stayed in touch with and developed good report with the shipping departments of each company and made sure I always had trucks in the area to service their loads when required. I was so successful at this that after a while I no longer had to call them for loads, they would simply assign loads to my before I’d even arrived at work. This made planning routes and coordinating drivers for longer/high-value loads much easier. It also meant we got paid for the loads quickly because these were regular customers who did not sit on invoices.
high	The situation I was in was when I submitted poetry to earn a scholarship. At the end of it I was the only one in my class to receive said scholarship and have my poem published. As this was a lit mag class, everyone saw the submissions and the names were removed. I did not offer to help anyone with their work during this time and I think that perhaps the focus on my own craft helped me to succeed.
low	I was recently on a group trip in another country and there were two different factions with opposite interests. We had to collaborate when choosing activities in order to actually do those activies and not waste time deciding and fighting.
low	A woman was stuck in her car at work. I tried to free her but i was unable too. A customer was able to help her out of her car. I was able to get his attention in my efforts to free her
high	I feel that my competitiveness helped me a great deal when interviewing for a management position at my job. I had to compete against my coworkers whom I had been working with and really enjoyed but I also really wanted the position so I gave it my best effort and won.
high	Someone told an executive that my data was routinely incorrect. So I started a monthly audit process to prove that the errors this individual were referring was less than .25% of the data set and not a significant amount.
low	Last week my softball team had forgotten their money to eat on and instead of letting most everyone do without I paid knowing they would get me back.
low	At my workplace at the end of every month, we all must collaborate and work together to get as much product shipped as possible. This is especially true if it is the end of a quarter. Shipments become a priority and every must sacrifice some time and tasks in their current work to help us accomplish the goal of maximizing our monthly or quarterly goals in order to increase our profit sharing.
high	One time, in high school, I had a track meet against a team that one of my best friends was on. Although we were very close- I feel this fueled the competitiveness in me more. This really made me focus in and perform the best I could- I knew however it went, someone would end up getting ragged on- due to my drive to beat her- it wasn’t me thankfully! I placed in the top 3 for our comp and she was just below me!!
high	One situation where I acted competitively was when I was running in a track meet. I focused on running faster than all my opponents and working harder than them. My competitive thinking allowed me to win my event and gain an edge over the competition.
high	I participated in a hot dog eating contest and had to beat everyone or I would get nothing. Every other person in the contest was the enemy. I made sure to ruthlessly eat at a faster rate than everyone there.
low	I was at work and we were on a very strict deadline. Several people had called out, so we were short staffed. Some of the employees were new and didn’t have as much experience as the others; others didn’t care and were deliberately slowing down their work, so we were getting behind on orders. Our manager was not there on that day, but another manager saw that we were getting behind and jumped into action. She called people from other departments to come and help out, and she joined us to get the orders filled. We all had a shared goal, and we worked together to fill the orders before the deadline. Everyone moved faster and worked deliberately, and 2 hours later we were caught up. This manager took action and gave each person a specific task, and I could see that we were all working together in a cohesive way, and once we finished, we had a sense of accomplishment.
high	When I was a kid, I was a competitive swimmer. I would have to view even my friends as the competition and I couldn’t rely on them for advice in case we ever went up against each other. We all kept up to date with each other’s times and would compare ourselves to others. Sometimes I would even attend extra swim practices with different teams to try to get ahead of those on my main swim team. Racing in an actual competition was extremely cut-throat. You could only care about yourself.
low	I worked for a residential program with other staff members. One client had become upset and needed to be restrained, but there were only two of us in the building. We were able to work together to perform the restraint safely and ensure all other kids in the home were safe and within eyesight. Because I cooperated with this person, we were able to manage a difficult situation without having it escalate even further. I let this coworker take the lead because she had worked at the agency longer than me. By following her lead, we handled the situation appropriately and were able to de-escalate the situation together.
low	In a previous role in healthcare, collaboration is a fundamental part of success in everyday tasks. In pharmacy specifically, many different factors go into even filling prescriptions. Prescriptions must be written by a provider, then processed through a licensed pharmacist who is looking for any possible drug interactions. miscalculated doses, wrong quantities, etc. The prescription is then sent to a technician to fill, who must adhere to all state and federal practices, ensure they are selecting the correct drugs, and using any PPE necessary to fill the prescription. Then the pharmacist must verify the medication to ensure it is correct to dispense to the patient. When the patient arrives to the window the pharmacy staff must verify that they have the correct insurance information, help the patient work through and understand their potential co-pay, deductibles any if the medication is needing special approval from insurance they must contact an insurance representative that will need to approve the medication using their own set parameters. These steps and the number of individuals involved in the process all have to work cooperatively just for one prescription. Now imagine having to do that for hundreds of patients with multiple prescriptions. Cooperative action is needed to survive on a daily basis, and without collaboration then there would be no pharmacy. When I think about how my cooperative actions directly link to my success, I think of it to be a cog in an engine for overall team and business success that is achieved.
low	During a public health outreach event organized by our nursing program, our team was responsible for providing free blood pressure screenings and health education to the community. We each took on different roles; some handled patient flow, others did vitals, and a few educated attendees. I saw my classmates not just as fellow students, but as partners with unique strengths. By openly communicating, jumping in to help when someone was overwhelmed, and sharing resources like pamphlets or supplies, we ensured a smooth experience for everyone. Our cooperation created a supportive atmosphere, and we were able to screen more people and provide better care than if we had worked individually. it felt like a true team effort, and our success came from trusting each other and staying focused on our shared goal.
high	Playing flag football, I’m not very athletic but I was matched up against someone of roughly equal ability, so I was able to compete well and make some catches.
low	When we were planning the company picnic at work we worked as a team and made sure we were all part of the planning process. It helped to split the work up and to make sure we all had a part in the process. I think we were able to get our portions of the work done faster and more efficient knowing that other parts were taken care of, and if there was an issue others would be there to help as well.
low	Recently I had a client that I needed extra help with in determining a plan of action. I consulted with my co-workers and together we were able to come up with a few ideas to try to help this person. I value their input because collectively they have years of experience. The ideas we came up with were effective in helping the person to be successful in the community.
high	I worked in a fast paced food styling environment where each stylist always tried to out perform the other stylists. Most of these stylists had culinary degrees and thought of themselves as superior to me, who did not have a culinary degree. I had to work twice as hard to prove to our vendors that I was equally if not more talented than the formally trained culinary artists. I would work many unpaid hours to prove my worth and make sure I was seen as a worthy competitor, and it worked.
low	There was a time when a student had fallen unconscious. I stayed with the student and began cpr protocols while another staff member called 911. Within a short amount of time EMS arrived and they were able to take over and help the student.
low	We were under a tight deadline at work and everyone was asked to speed up their work. Many of my coworkers and myself also helped out some of the slower workers after we completed our portions. With everyone focusing on the end result, the deadline was met and everyone was successful because we pulled together as a team.
high	In the 2020 VSGA Mid Amateur, I used every bit of experience and grit I remembered to come back from a 3 shot deficit to win the event by 4 shots. I have never played golf that way befor eor since. It was sheer willpower and competitiveness.
high	I made sure I finished 100% of the tasks for the day at work recently, despite the fact that some of them were not delegated to me, entirely to ensure I got credit. In fact, I did it because I pick up slack frequently, and was tired of receiving no recognition for it. For once, I got the credit I deserved, even if my coworkers felt salty about it.
low	I had a situation at work where we got a last minute request to complete development on a product. My team and I knew that we could only get this done with cooperation. As a result, everyone banded together to be as productive as possible. We put aside egos and focused solely on the shared goal. As a result, we were extremely productive, abnormally even. We were able to complete the project with plenty of time to spare, and saw the power behind collaboration.
low	My coworker and I did not have enough time to complete our maintenance projects in one of our shifts, so we decided one of us could remove all the machinery that needs to be inspected and replaced. While the other one would reinstall all the equipment during their next shift.
high	I have not experienced this outside of college classes. With the grading system that many schools employ, you are based against your peers and can see them as your eniemies in the way of your good grade. The competitive actions motivated me to work harder every day and think more deeply about my cations.
high	The last time I had to act competitively was when I was abroad in another country and I had not eaten for more than 24 hours. I was traveling with a group of people and the night before for dinner there was food out and they devoured it within minutes and I only got the chance to eat one yuca fry. So, the following day, I saw them as competition in getting the proper nutrients I need to sustain myself. So when it came to time to eat again for a late lunch/early dinner, I cut everyone off and filled my plate first because I knew if I waited like last time I would not get sufficient nutrition and end up with an aching stomach. It really was just more so me going into survival mode.
low	My team and I were faced with a task where we had to come with a solution for the legal issue. As the leader of the team, I was responsible for the solutions. I got the idea of collaboratively working with my team to brainstorm solutions from a podcast and decided to give it a try and lo and behold, we all came up with the best solution to the task. Ever since, I have always preferred working collaboratively with my team to brainstorm ideas for solutions to problems.
low	I felt that cooperating in the volleyball game helped us win the league. We were all new teammates and some of us never met. But collaborating, discussing a team plan, and communicating all helped us win the league. Over the games, we got more and more familiar with each other. It was fun and working together helped us achieve our goals.
low	Acting cooperative helped me and other succeed at my old job. I was a camp counselor, and we were dishing out punishments for something the kids did. I decided on my own to give the punishments without talking to the other counselors and it backfired. I regrouped and we decided to make a new plan and deliver it as a team. When we delivered the new punishment as a team it worked much more effectively.
high	At a recent job, those who completed the most tickets successfully in our busy season received promotions. I knew myself and another person were competing for a promotion, so I started to handle tickets different than in off-season. I did not help my coworker as much when they ran into issues with their tickets, only offering guidance instead of offering outright solution when I knew what the solution was. I prioritized my tickets, even if there tickets were overdue. I picked up tickets as soon as they came in and focused more on grabbing tickets that I knew I could complete quickly and successfully, taking initiative instead of waiting to be assigned a task.
high	There was a time at work when I was up for a promotion, and I knew there were a few other people gunning for it too. I just put my head down, worked harder than anyone else, stayed late and did not share much about what I was up to, just focused on beating the others. In the end the hustle paid off, I got the promotion because I outworked every other person.
low	The situation involved publishing multiple technical publications with a short deadline. I proposed a schedule to help organize and divide the work. The cooperative effort helped us deliver all the publications on time. One single person would not have been able to deliver quality work in such a short time period.
high	I was applying for tuition reimbursement at my job. I got all of the approvals and paperwork done prior to the semester beginning and then filed for reimbursement when it was over. The head of HR, due to arrogance, impcoetence, racism, or some combination of the above denied my request for a completely made up reason. After making a good faith effort to work with him, I realized I had to think competitively to win. I started telling people above my pay grade, and eventually above his, about the issue. I got people to take my side and I eventually won out. If I had not thought competitively I would not have challenged him and would not just accepted the loss.
low	When trying to get a group of students to all work together to get a project done - I spoke to them as if they were all equals with me, and we were all on the same team and we all worked together.
low	I took a group of Scouts to Philmont Scout ranch in New Mexico to backpack and eventually summit a mountain. Carrying all of our own gear and food we had to help each other and push each other too complete the task. Working together as a group and being cooperative helped us all to Summit the mountain and complete the Trek.
low	Everyone took a piece of the project to do. This helps a project get done quicker with assign roles. This also allows any peer review to happen when it all comes together.
low	I had a work deadline and as a group the team split up into subgroups and divided up work to most efficiently finish the work before the deadline.
high	I was being made fun of by my own teammates on the relay team as an incoming freshman. I couldn’t get out fast enough so my teammate kept running over me. I heard my teammate and the older track girls talking behind my back calling me slow. My desire to prove them wrong and my anger pushed me to outshine them and I ended up with the fastest split at the track meet. We ended up winning the relay. They congratulated me after and were so excited about how good I did but I did not bond with them after because of how they treated me prior.
high	When I was interviewing for a dream job I made sure I was prepared so I wouldntsand out among the other candidates. I even created a portfolio of past projects to gobe to interviewers.
high	When I worked at a coffee shop / bakery, working competitively against my coworkers and other branches helped me make more sales. We would hold friendly competitions amongst the branches, which gave us incentive to sell in order to get a bonus. Amongst my own staff, holding little races or competitions made our work more entertaining and it would get done faster.
low	Working on a team project for my App Design class and brainstorming ideas while listening to each other. This required everyone doing a certain part and closely paying attention to detail. As everyone was cooperative, we were able to work together to earn a good grade.
low	In graduate school we would have a study group. I made friends with my study group. We strived to have the group excel as a whole. No one person was a “know it all” We always made sure everyone understood the topic at hand before moving on.
high	I was part of team where our manager monitored how much work we completed a month. I always made sure that I had the highest numbers. I would scroll through our work and pick up the easiest tasks first and pumped up my numbers early in the day. I would also work late and go through other people’s work list after hours. I would pilfer the easy stuff. I appeared like I was a team player helping everyone but I really wanted to just help myself.
high	Sometimes I become very competitive in Lagree even though it’s not a competition at all. It makes me take the exercises more seriously and gave me a better workout.
low	Back in my college days we had many professors that would setup group projects for us which required collaboration between many students to receive a good grade. If one student did not cooperate how help succeed with this collaboration than the whole group would not receive a good grade.
low	At my job as a merchandiser I had a large team of people. There was 10 of us and I had to direct each of them to a task. We all worked together to complete the project.
low	At my job my coworkers had a cooler go out , which was full of milk etc. They were grabbing milk and moving it . I figured there had to be a better way to do this. Lol so I went got a couple shopping carts to fill them and move to other cooler. We saved tons of time . Lol
high	I recently competed in a brazilian jiu jitsu tournament. BJJ is often described as “human chess”. I had to out-think and out-maneuver my opponent in order to win my match. Based on my actions, I won my match via submission in under 2 minutes.
low	A new project was launched at my place of work, and we were assigned to groups. My cooperative action and thinking helped me succeed in achieving things with my team because I created a positive, supportive environment that facilitated trust, teamwork, and innovation. We worked toward a common goal with a cooperative mindset, the efforts produced greater results.
high	At one of my old jobs, a manager had assigned my team a certain task for us to complete. The task consisted of several mini tasks that had to be done manually. One of my coworkers was getting a lot of recognition for how he was handling the task, but I thought I could do it better. I ended up taking 4 entire shifts to teach myself a new programming language so I could automate the task and showed it to my manager. I ended up getting promoted and turned the tool into a dashboard that was used across the network. It’s actually crazy to think about - the trajectory of my life and career changed drastically because I wanted to be better than my coworker.
low	I cooperated with the other elementary STEM teachers to write K-5 STEM curriculum for our school district. It took a lot of mental work but we succeeded together by dividing and conquering and then editing as a whole group.
high	I think I would say when I was in grad school and taking my first MA statistics class. At that time, I was in a very competitive mindset. It helped motivate me to read the more complicated aspects of the texts and really grasp the theory when I knew not everyone was doing that. I earned an A in the class, which was rare in that challenging class.
high	When I was working towards getting the only promotion that was offered by my company for the year. It was a position I had worked my entire career for. I worked hard and made myself stand out so that I was the most highly qualified candidate. I had my clients write up recommendations.
high	My competiviness helped me achieve my role at work because i was more tenacious
low	I work in surgery and sometimes we have code situations in which a patient will rapidly decline on the surgery table. In these situations, it is important for the entire room to stay calm. An O.R. team can consist of at least 4-6 people. As a nurse, cooperative action and thinking is important as we are working against a clock and the entire team needs to work cohesively in order to achieve the goal and get the patient back to normal status. It is important for me to remain calm and make sure that I am following the doctors orders and maintaining sterility around the surgical field. Panic and impulsive decisions can’t interfere with saving a patient’s life.
high	I’ve worked at this place a few years and I’ve realized that our manager only starts thinking about who will get the bonuses at the start of December, he doesn’t factor in anything else. I purposefully made sure I would have a great productive December by sandbagging it during all of November. I built up work and only turned it in during December. It paid off, I got one of the big bonuses, and someone else didn’t who did better on average through the year.
low	At work when we only had two people to run the entire prepped food station, instead of freaking out I got together with my other co-worker and a manager and devised a plan.
high	When the cafeteria was crowded and it was hard to find seating, I kept a look out and quickly swooped in to grab an empty table once the previous patrons left.
low	Honestly, it helped me succeed within my group because we all were on the same page. I work in a special Ed class and being on the same page in handling certain behaviors makes things so much better. It not only benefits the child in knowing that all the teachers are going to have the same answer, but it keeps distractions to a minimum and we all know how to redirect the behavior and transition the child into another moment.
low	A couple of years ago, my station had the task of airing a live rodeo competition. My station is typically not a network that airs live programming, but this was an exception. Everyone had a part to play in making sure this live event went smoothly. Our boss assigned us certain duties and a couple of coworkers were unfamiliar with live programming processes. Being that I had a several year histories in live production, I helped each coworker get comfortable and acquainted with their roles in making sure the event went off smoothly, at least on our end. The event proceeded without any issues on our part, and we all did well.
high	It was more a fun moment than anything. This one time I had a competition with a couple other people on who would go to the gym more days in a month. I’ve never been a fan of going but I do like to win when I can. Even on days that I didn’t want to I still went. I ended up winning in the end.
low	Everyone worked together for a team project. We completed our own tasks and helped each other if needed.
low	Allowing all perspectives allows for the chance for ideas and problems that may have slipped through the cracks to be seen by someone else. It allows for you to acknowledge and handle all problems rather than one that could only be found from less perspectives
low	During my last year at college, I had to work on a group capstone project where we (a group of 4) had to come up with a sustainable community initiative. From the very beginning, we all made the choice to work on the project collaboratively. We shared ideas openly and everyone participated in all parts of the project. Because of this, we got a very good grade.
low	Back in college, many of my classes had team projects, and is often be grouped with people I did not know at all and whom I felt uncomfortable around. But I’m order to be successful, we all had to work cooperatively and get over that initial discomfort. Everyone had to contribute and we had to be attentive towards each other’s ideas.
high	To get the job I have now I had to complete a completive testing with other candidates. I really wanted the job so I became very completive and took advantage of online resources and forums of other people that had completed the tests and studied them. This made me prepared for the tests and I was able to pass and get the job.
low	My mind instantly goes back to a group project that I had in college where we were presenting a study on human sexuality. The study group needed to be recorded in a meeting setting and the audio had to be transcribed, which was a long and laborious process. I volunteered to help with it, outside of my own responsibilities and in turn was assisted by the senior-most student who helped me with an outside project.
low	Me and my colleague need to present upcoming features for our app, and we needed work together fast. We started working separately but soon it turns out we need to working on it together due to our time for presenting overlaps. At the beginning, it was hard to who to go first or what is important for us to discuss with the audience. Thankfully we agreed on middle ground that we can share our time and dedication to understanding each other’s topic and work together. I felt frustrated at the beginning due to lack of trust for each other, but soon realize that we trying achieve a same goal but different way.
low	The retail store where I worked was being closed down due to the company filing for bankruptcy. The team of employees was small but we had grown close to each other and really grew as sales associates together. During the final days of clearing out the store of any remaining merchandise, we all worked together to get all the clothing items organized and we even made some large final sales.
low	When I still worked as a busser, I ended up dropping a bus tub full of dishes. The dishes shattered everywhere and would’ve taken a long time for me to clean up by myself, while making sure no customers stepped in the area. However, a few of the servers helped me pick up the shards and sweep up. This helped us ensure that no customers would get hurt by stray dish shards.
high	I don’t ever really think like that, but I recently applied for a job and being competitive and talking myself up and my accomplishments is what got me the job,.
low	i acted cooperatively with people i did not like when we were all without ac. we all drafted an email to the housing corporation to ask to get it fixed
high	When I was house hunting and eventually bought the house I am in now, the market was extremely cut-throat and competitive. The house that I am in now was extremely sought after and perfect for a starter home for any young couple. I wanted it so bad and was willing to do anything it would take to get it. My uncle was my realtor, and we came up with the most competitive offer we could think of, including waving the inspection. I was okay with doing that because my dad came with me to the showing and inspected everything (he is a contractor and knows everything). After we put in the offer, I had my uncle call the sellers agent often to see where our offer stood and see if we needed to adjust it at all. He obviously couldn’t tell us outright but with enough pestering, we were able to make an offer that beat out 18 other offers. If I hadn’t been so persistent, I’m sure someone else would have beat us out.
high	At work I took care of something and another employee tried to take credit for it and was acting all smug about it. So I stepped up and explained how the situation came about and that it was me that took care of it and resolved it, and that said employee didnt have anything to do with it.
low	My situation that happened was my mom was dying of cancer and even though I had a hard time with my sisters I made sure to act cooperatively for my mother. This brought us all together so we could be there for her till the end.
low	At work, I was having trouble getting a mixture of resin and catalyst to harden into plastic. Then a manager and I worked together, and found out where we were going wrong in the formula and appropriate amount of catalyst.
high	The best example for me of competitive behavior would probably be within competitive gaming activities, as it is a time where I can feel both in direct competition with people yet detached enough from them to truly be able to act competitively. Being able to react in real-time with others while also not needing to worry about maintaining future relationships or cooperation with them allows for some behaviors that I would normally be quite hesitant about, as in other situations I would worry about needing to maintain a good relationship with others in a professional setting.
high	Actually I was in a situation some weeks back at work where a member of the team was having high numbers of turnout at work and I took it upon myself to look at him as my competitor. This boosted my moral and coordination which helped me surpass his numbers and I was given recognition for my impressive work.
low	Cooperation is a huge portion of my daily work life. We are a team and collaboration is key. Recently we collaborated with a campus customer on a large project. Each member of our team had a role in the project and executed them personally, but collaborated to complete as a team. While we thought on our own, we also thought cooperatively. I think I behaved as a good team player in this instance.
low	I was able to rescue kittens stuck inside my friends’ wall with their help. I climbed into their attic and had them lure the kittens to the opening, where I was able to get a gloved hand in and grab each one.
low	I try to first understand the task that I was being given. After that I usually try to take charge if no one else decides to speak up. Then, I try to delegate the work between my teamates as efficently as possible. This allows me to feel good about the work being done and that we will achieve completion of the task in a timely manner. The task was actively debugging and coding an app that I had been working on with a few friends during an internship opportunity.
high	I was applying for a position at a company and pretended to be another person at the company in order to know exactly what they were looking for for the job and to know more about the person interviewing me. I then tailored my resume to be more appealing to that person directly.
high	I had an interview for a job position, and it was joined with a another applicant’s interview as well, so we had to compete for a position. I did have to think competitively in which I had to emphasize my strengths and also differentiate myself from the fellow job applicant in order to be hired for the position. for example I highlighted my experience for the job and emphasize that I had a certain skill that my fellow applicant had said they lacked. in the end I was hired for that position.
high	After we finioshed a group project, one of my co-worker told our boss that most of the work was his even though I did just as much as he did. He made sure that I did not get the credit that i deserve. Instead of arguing I made sure that my boss could see my efforts directly and worked really hard and also stopped sharing my ideas with him. In the end I got a promotion we were bothe fighting for.
low	I recently had to work with a group of coworkers to change one of the systems our team uses at work. The collaboration was a key part of our success in launching the new system. Everyone brought something different to the problem at hand.
low	I once did an escape room with a group. Working cooperatively allowed us to solve the puzzles in the room much more quickly and efficiently.
low	I am the Girl Scout Troop leader for my daughters troop. Every spring we have a cookie sale fundraiser. All the parents must work cooperatively to sell cookies individually and at booths together. We set up a booth every Saturday for 6 weeks. Although my daughter and I attend every booth, all the other parents attend 1 or more. Each parent does their part to sell as many cookies as possible with their daughters. We worked together this year and made almost 1500 for our troop.
high	I was recently at an automotive auction. I had already picked out a couple of vehicles that I would like to bid on before it started. During the auction, a rival bidder, apparentlt wanted one of those cars as badly as I did. Because he would not back down. And neither would I. I ended up with the car. But it was mostly from competitive pride. I paid more for it than I should have. But at the end of the day, I still left with what I wanted.
low	I work in education, so it is a must that we work collaboratively. I see this a lot when it is time for a student to graduate, but their grade is falling short. In one instance I recall working with a group of teachers to put together a project that covered all of our subjects to help students bring up their grade and be able to graduate. If the students completed the project and it was up to par with what was stated on the rubric they were able to pass and graduate.
low	The first thing I can think of is when I was in a high school band - my part alone didn’t sound symphonic, but when combined with everyone else, it was great.
high	My company organizes a lot of competitions to create a more enjoyable company culture. We often compete in things like steps taken, pages read, and the employee with the most at the end of the month gets some prize. Being competitive and making sure I’m taking the most steps resulted in winning the step competition.
high	I am in college now. I strived to make the Dean’s List against others. I made the Dean’s List in September 2024. I am trying to make my way back
high	In a sports setting rowing specifically, myself and the 4 other people in the boat were up against 80 other boats in the event. My job was to steer and navigate the course while the others were in charge of rowing as fast as they could for as long as they could. In order to beat other boats we had to pass them on the river under bridges and other obstacles which can be risky if you collide. Knowing that my teammates were able to go at a good pace, I steered us so that we split the difference between two boats in order to pass both at the same time. It was risky in that the gap was closing and oars could have collided, but the boat just barely made it out without colliding and we finished in 5th overall in the category in doing so. Had those boats not been passed we would have ranked much lower.
low	I had a situation at work where we were short a team member. The group decided to split that persons tasks and add them to the remaining team members tasks for that day. We also prepared for the next day in case that team member was gone again.
high	In a team building event, we were split into groups and asked to build a structure with items giving. Myself and the others in the team were competitive and it paid off because we won
high	I was very competitive when it came to my interview at my current job. I knew there were others who were equally as qualified as I was but I made sure to go above and beyond in my interview so I would stand out among others.
low	I work in nonprofit development, and the process of grant-writing requires cooperation to create coherent proposals that will benefit the entire organization. I worked with the program manager to identify funding needs and get a broad overview of how best to present these challenges to funders.
high	When I first graduated highschool around 1994, my friends told me about a roofing job we could get that was 400$ every Friday which at the time was a lot of money and I guess still is per week. We all applied and a few of us got it. What we didn’t know was that there was only one real position that were going to really hire for and it was all a test week until the day we all started. It quickly became a competition to work the hardest etc and within a few days we were sort of cut throat about wanting the job. We all knew there was only one and worked hard to get it. Even though they were my friends, I had bills to pay as I had just moved out with my girlfriend and I didn’t care if they lost out or not. Thankfully, they all understood because at the end of the week I got the job and they didnt. It was my first time having to do something like that. It did feel weird going against friends like that but such is life. I worked hard for that job and had a great tan and made bank every Friday because I was so competitive about it.
low	A situation where I worked cooperatively to help myself and others succeed was in a planning meeting. As a teacher, we never have enough prep time. When working collaboratively with my team, we are able to accomplish so much more.
high	When I was in nursing school I felt as though I needed to be competitive in terms of getting good grades and that helped me push through to get good grades and to study harder. I also felt this way during nursing school when we were in clinicals and I felt a drive to try to get the best cases to get more hands on training and to try to one up the other students so that my skills could benefit.
high	In trying to interview for new jobs, you have to act competitively because you will always be trying to earn one spot with other people also trying to earn that spot. I look up the current ways that resumes are being formatted to make sure I’m up to date. I practice interview questions so I can answer them well when the time comes. The most important part is to continue through failure so if you don’t get one job, you will try to get another and be in competition with a whole new group.
low	Cooperation is a big part of the industry that I am in, and in large projects, there are often many players on multiple teams working for the same goal. There was an instance where we had multiple people on different teams working for what was effectively the same project, and so we joined forces and decided to work together in order to achieve the goal simultaneously faster. I think it’s very easy in the workforce to silo yourself out, especially when considering things like performance reviews, it may not be able to make yourself stand out as much if you work together with other people. But in this instance, we were able to reduce the amount of redundant work and achieve the goal much sooner.
low	I think about my time I spent playing basketball in high school. There was a lot of sacrifice and long hours, but the cooperation between not only coaches but all the players made it worth it. If we didn’t talk and have a common goal, none of us would’ve succeeded, so in the end cooperation made all of us win.
high	I recently had course a registration add/drop and waitlist period. I had to make sure I logged on ASAP so that I could get into classes or further up on the waitlist than other people. Especially as a rising senior, getting the classes I wanted was especially important. By thinking competitively, I was able to beat out others by choosing my initial class choice rankings smartly and by getting on the site early, I was able to get high on the waitlist for 2 classes I really wanted!
high	During an interview process for a job, I made sure that I presented myself as the best candidate. By thinking competitively, I updated my resume to be perfect and during interviews tried to put myself ahead by getting them to visualize me in the role.
low	At work we had to roll out a new item that we had just learned about. Only a few people knew the process of making the item and how to serve it. We all worked together, some people taking shifts making the item, some taking time to teach others all while receiving constant orders. We ended up making it through the day with out many hiccups.
low	One time at work we had a technical issue that affected multiple users of ours. Instead of trying to handle everything on my own across 6 different clinics, I worked closely with my boss and three other coworkers to divide tasks based on each person’s technical strength. We had to communicate clearly and closely. All I knew was that we had to get it fixed quickly and by working together we could fix things quicker, especially being at different locations. Acting cooperatively with each other helped us all stay on the same page and avoided us doing the same thing multiple times. Most importantly it helped us achieve a solution for our issues quicker.
high	I am not intentionally competitive. What’s for me is for me. I believe in closed doors and open doors. As a child of the Most High, I’m not required to compete.
low	We were responding to a building fire and needed to work together to deploy our equipment so we could go to work and fight the fire. Everyone knows what needs to be done, and we all just jumped in and helped wherever someone needed help. We accomplished the mission, and afterwards it felt really good to have successfully put the fire out and made sure everyone was ok.
low	Being in school, both high school and college one of the main things I’ve learned from those places, besides an education, has been how to work with and cooperate with other people. There were many situation where I’ve had to talk to students I normally didn’t talk to in order to be able to get enough communication going so that we could both complete the assignment. If we hadn’t worked together during those times, we would have possibly received a failing grade.
high	I feel like it would have been with my boss. I was feeling frustrated about some numbers games she was playing and got in there and did it myself. I feel like I won and did a better job than she did. I benefited my whole team by doing so.
high	I don’t love to compete, but when it comes to my job, the hours that I would like to have and the money I would like to make- I do flex my experience and longevity with the company. I had a meeting with the head supervisor a while back about taking over one of the busiest nights of the week because that bartender was getting a lot of complaints. The manager agreed with me because they had to deal with the bartender in the past. Eventually, she was removed from the shift and I was able to take it. While it might seem underhanded, she was also inadequate for the shift. By simply speaking up, as well as being very good at what I do and having maintained credibility, I was able to secure the hours I wanted pretty quickly.
high	I had to compete for my weld certification grant through AWS. Only The top five people got the grant And it all depended on Your performance on a 2 week course. I knew I had to push myself harder than anyone else. I showed up early, did more than required, and showed my work ethic. It helped me beat out others by proving how determined I was to succeed.
high	I work for a state agency that helps people with disabilities learn job skills and then help them find suitable employment. Each client has two counselors, and both look for potential jobs for the client as their time in our program ends. Whichever counselor finds the best job quickly gets the equivalent of a gold star in school, no major reward except maybe some applause at a staff meeting, but at the end of the year it can come up when discussing bonuses and salary increases. I’m very good at my job, and sometimes I see a real competition with other counselors, which often leads me to put in a bit more effort than necessary. One of my most recent clients was a guy who everybody loved and we all wanted to see him leave with a job he would love. He had what used to be called Aspberger’s, which means basically that he was anxious and afraid to be around people. So I found him an overnight job that was working alone, which he loved. So I won that competition and even the other counselor begrudgingly admitted she was happy with the outcome.
high	I was working as a barista at a coffee shop in which the owner was illegally claiming a tip credit. Certain employees were trustworthy, and I was able to show them how to find out how much money they were owed. But certain employees were not trustworthy, and when on shift with them, I would always try to be a better worker than them. This ensured my job would be secure and I would not arouse suspicion of planning to quit. Because I played it competitively and a bit sneaky, I was able to collect a lot of evidence.
low	I think trying to achieve one goal and everyone being locked in made me give more effort. Seeing everyone doing what they should be made me kind of take the lead and keep people on task.
high	Normally I work in a team-oriented setting, but there are time when jumping at a chance to do a task as soon as it becomes available is advantageous. This ensures that it gets done in a timely manner, as other members of the team are often tied up with other projects. If the opportunity is a type of project I haven’t done before, it helps me learn and grow.
low	My teaching partners and I had 24 hours to pull together a 3 day overnight officer retreat to replace the state convention that we were supposed to go to. We worked together to come up with common goals, divided up tasks and were able to pull it off for the success of our students.
high	I can’t recall a serious time I’ve truly been competitive to the point that I’ve seen everyone as an ‘enemy.’ Aside from friendly ‘competitive’ video games, all of my successes so far have been either with the help of others, or never with the mindset that I alone am against everyone else. If we want to go the video game route, then acting competitive made sense, since it was a game with only one winner, and the only way to win was to beat the others. It was easy to not feel bad inconveniencing others, taunting, and putting pressure on myself to help me win.
high	I had applied for a job and was in the running for the position so I tweaked my abilities to be more than what I really knew in order to get the position. I feel by doing this it assured I had a good chance of getting the job. And I did
high	I thought ahead when someone wanted to fight me . I know I’m grown and that violence isn’t the way . So we spoke instead
low	I am self-employed and work from home so this is a tough one for me. The only thing that really comes to mind is signing a petition that opposes banning gas appliances.
high	I work for a real estate team and sometimes we have to “compete” with other teams to get a listing. In those instances, I put on my best customer service “hat” and try to win the client over. I do my best to make a good impression.
low	I worked at a very busy butcher shop during the entirety of the pandemic. We were understaffed and the customers were rushing in every day. I quickly learned every position from the register to meat production so I could help, and I had to use my better judgment and empathy to know when and where to help.
high	I really like playing games (like board games and such) and I get really competitive at them. It is just a game, there is really no harm done, so I will be pretty ruthless in order to win. I always play fairly, though.
high	When I was in third grade, there was a year long competition where the goal was to read as many books as possible and score the highest word count. I competed against 5 other kids who wanted to win, and we spent the entire year reading books and trying to read the biggest books possible to outdo one another. I would spend all my free time at home reading and reading in classroom between lessons. My commitment eventually made me not only win, but set the school record.
low	By hearing all voices, I was able to incorporate everyone’s perspective and ensure that we could all move forward and get ahead. Without hearing from everyone, it wouldn’t be a collaborative approach.
low	One time at work we had to celebrate one of worker because they were retiring. We had to plan everything. We had to plan who as bringing what, all the food and all the drinks. We had to work together so that everything would come out good. It was a very good event and working together paid off.
high	I have taken part in some academic competition clubs in the past, such as science olympiad, where I was a part of a team/pair competing against other schools. Working together to try to solve problems the fastest, while being quiet enough not to give other students clues, was key to this. One time I was a part of an event, and while usually we could bring a cheat sheet, one team’s sheet wasn’t suitable and so they decided to let none of us have them. My partner and I had memorized as much as we could beforehand, and we ended up winning.
low	I am a professional orchestral musician and the success of my group is reliant upon everyone having this shared approach.
high	Competitive action and thinking made me focus on myself and rely on my own ideas and creativity to come out on top.
high	I would say scholarship applications are a time when I feel this competitive nature. I would tell my best friend about the oppurtunity but nobody else because I wanted a better liklihood of getting the scholarship.
high	Years ago I took a certification course just becasue I wanted to get a promotion within my organization. It wasn’t necessarily what I wanted to take but I ttok it anyway becasue I knew it would lead to me getting the promotion above the other candidates. It indeed paid off.
high	I am not a competitive person so I can’t come up with anything. The only thing that comes close is when I my husband left me and the kids. I was able to protect my assets by thinking fast and clearly to take control of certain accounts. I also documented everything so that later when we ended up in court I was able to back up my claims. I didn’t trust him when he said that we didn’t need lawyers and that we could file on our own and save money. I still documented everything and did my research. When he refused to pay alimony and child support, I was able to hire an attorney and take him to court. I wish I would have listened to the attorney about somethings and gotten more out of him, but I was content with what I agreed to. In the end, I did settle on a few things, but by me acting quickly, I was able to protect me and the kids.
low	I help others cooperatively by arranging a food drive at my church. We started by asking for flood donation for Easter. The drive was promoted through emails, flyers and word of mouth. The Easter food drive was a great success. We’re planning a back-to-school drive next.
low	It was when I used to work in furniture installation, and it was a day that we could potentially finish everything and leave early. We all worked hard and did what we needed to in terms of working together.
high	The most relevant situation I can think of is when I was dating my now-husband. There were many women expressing interest in him. They were definitely my competitors. At first, I went along with his desire to publicly post about our relationship and activities on social media. However, over time I learned that this attracted too much attention from other women, who seemed to think they could replace my role as his girlfriend and do a better job. I became obsessive about reacting to his posts, only “loving” the post if I had been there when the picture was taken or if it was directly about me. I would wait to react to his posts to see which other women would react first. Once a woman suddenly became extra friendly with me, and my boyfriend confessed to me that she had texted him and tried to hang out with him when she knew that I was out of the house. Eventually I stopped playing it cool and just told my boyfriend how much his interacting with other women on social media etc. bothered me. We both eventually ended up deleting our social media accounts at his suggestion, and all of these issues basically disappeared after that. These days I have full access to my husband’s phone and do not have to compete with any other women for his attention at all.
low	I do this often as a part of my job, in that I find it’s the best way to achieve the best results. In particular, I will work with facilities and their staff to ensure that they are following the rules that are required of them. I find that working together and cooperatively tends to yield better results. Rather than just putting them down and telling them they are doing things wrong, I try to offer solutions and options, and make suggestions. I try to take a friendly approach, and make myself available to answer questions. I also try to be accommodating. Most recently, I dealt with a facility who had some issues. I worked with them closely on what those issues were, and ultimately, we were able to resolve them. There are still some issues, and it’s still in progress, but the outcome so far is night and day from when I first walked in.
low	Cooperative action helped foster a friendly and productive environment to get things done. Others in the group fed off the cooperative dynamic and things stayed positive.
low	For me, working cooperatively is the norm. I work as a team lead so I’m constantly delegating tasks to my teammates, while also working on my own tasks. For me, I want my team to succeed and produce strong results, and I know where my team members thrive, so I try to direct work specific to team members who are strongest in those particular areas, and this collaborative effort works best for everyone.
high	When I worked in collections, I noticed accounts assigned to me were disappearing or being worked and stolen by more tenured collectors. After doing some talking and investigating. I would make sure to work my accounts, but also go for the lower balance accounts that would be easier to collect and make my quota.
high	My competitive actions and thinking helped me succeed in getting ahead and beating others because it helped me think of my self first in the situation. In a situation where id be putting myself first is when im doing a sport and i have to put myself and my teammates priorities into mind. Everyone wants to win but im only worried about if my team wind or not.
high	I felt competitive with a coworker. She was always bragging about how much work she could get done so I decided to do more than her.
low	I worked with two other coaches of our cross-country team to plan workouts and trips.
high	I work in an environment where meeting your metrics gives you more access to perk. Thinking competitively and actively doing so help me become successful at obtaining those said perks
high	I’m going back to college. We were told we’d get donuts if we got 100% and did better than everyone else on the math test. Low and behold, this was all the motivation I needed to beat out everyone else. It motivated me to be declared the best and fed into my fear of failure. I got my test back and had a 99/100. Going through and reviewing the test, I felt I had the correct answer. I went up front and convinced the teacher I was right and he ended up agreeing in the end. I got a 105/100 on the test and the best grade in the class. I made all my classmates envious and took the crown from someone else that had a 100/100.
high	In nursing school I ensured my success in a three-year nasty environment. I was surrounded by petty, vindictive and undermining students and faculty. I kept my head down and worked harder and faster when I could focus at home with the school work. The program was around ninety thousand dollars so success was not an option.
low	A time I can think of when acting cooperatively was the appropriate and reasonable thing to do was when working a corporate catered event. Our client list was at 1,000 people, and being culinary, the best thing to do at that time was to act cooperatively. We all figured out what we were best at and setup lines to prep food, creating an assembly line of sorts for salads and dinners. After that, we all made a game plan to figure out which serving station to put each culinary member on as well as to have somebody walking around at all times to check on the statations to ensure that they had enough food to give to clients. This help our large event to go off without any issues and be as seamless as possible for both the client as well as staff.
high	While doing an internship, I had to really work hard to outshine the other interns and external candidates to get a shot at landing a full time position with the company.
high	I compete on leaderboards for a writing website… Trying to get my novels/stories the highest rank on the website, therefore more views, and more readers. It’s kind of an ouroboros in that your higher rank is from having more readers. Your success doesn’t necessarily impede someone else’s success, but obviously, there only can be one #1. I had a plan, stuck to it and didn’t observe any niceties. I used ALL the popular tropes to give the people what they wanted and researched what has been successful before.
low	During a group project in college, my teammates and i divided the work based on our strengths and held regular check-ins to support each other. I focused on open communications, making sure everyone’s ideas were heard and helping others when they were stuck. By working cooperatively, we not only finished ahead of schedule but also earned one of the highest grades in the class.
low	I worked at a corporate coffee shop where there was a division amongst the staff making it difficult to function as a unit, which was required to fulfill orders. We were busy and this was affecting out ability to get the job done. A group of us decided to get together and brainstorm a way to boost morale and get the store back on track. We started a large employee appreciation project with a message board that was collaboratively created by our more artistic coworkers (including those who did not usually get along). We bought candy treats and wrote messages about each person discussing their good qualities. It really helped bring the crew together and allowed up to be a much more efficient crew.
high	A situation where some teams were getting more useful tools to complete the same tasks. And then their work was held up to us as the standard of time and quality. It made me feel competitive enough to try and beat the standard with the sub-quality tools we had.
low	Cooperative action and thinking provided me and my coworkers the opportunity to band together and get a new set of rules applied to our sales floor to promote a healthy work environment.
low	I am currently experiencing a very cooperative movement in my household. To give context, I currently live in an apartment with three other tenants, my older sister and two close friends I went to college with. Living happily in a space so full requires cooperation every day, but lately we’ve had to work even harder to succeed. Yesterday, a friend of ours had gender affirming surgery (top surgery) and doesn’t have support from his family. He called us to find a place to recover. Despite being full, we cooperated to make arrangements for our friend; prepping food for him for the week, taking time off of work to get him to all necessary appointments, and have made a system where all members of the house are there to support him without taking the events as a burden. One thing we’ve done is create support shifts based on our individual schedules. Yesterday, I took off of work so I was responsible for taking him to and from the surgery itself. My friend had to spend an overnight at the hospital, so my other roommate (who took off today) checked in and drove the friend home from the hospital and spent the morning caring for him. My sister works remote tomorrow and can assist him then and this cooperation in shifts is essential for keeping everything in check.
low	In school, there was a time we had to collaborate for a group project which involved shooting a short video. We were only high school students at the time and this was before smartphone cameras were as good as they are now (think IPhone 3GS). Working together we were able to source a solid video camera, props, come up with a way to edit the video at the end and also delegated the script to those who were more inclined to write a entertaining by story. By working together we all were able to score a solid grade in the class and have a very well put together project video
low	We were short staffed, and didn’t have enough people to operate all of the equipment. I was already on the plant floor, filling in on an equipment row. My team and I decided to split the remaining unmanned equipment up, and each of us cover additional pieces of equipment. This allowed us to keep the entire department running, receiving praise from the supervisors.
low	There are several different personality types at my job and many do not get along with one another. All of us live in this area and want to work for the company we do so we had to pull together and figure out ways we could all get along for the betterment of all of us.
low	I needed assistance with finding resources for a patient of mine and I asked my team for help. I described the situation to them and described my patient’s needs. They all provided their input and resources they has used before, I actively listened to their insights and personal anecdotes of similar situations. We all brought in insight, shared ideas, and helped provide member with the resources needed.
low	There was an issue with a spreadsheet balancing at the end of the quarter. I had already been talking to one coworker about how I thought we could fix it. We weren’t sure about one part of the journal entry, so we asked our supervisor to look at the issue and proposed journal entry. I had thought I was right and my coworker disagreed. i tried to stay neutral and openminded to what she was saying. By going to our supervisor and staying calm, we were able to each explain our thoughts and get a clear answer on how to complete the journal entry and solve the problem.
high	Being competitive helped me a lot at work, that’s how I get promoted. I always work as a Team with my coworkers but when it comes to achieve things at work on your own, I see them as obstacles, and this help a lot.
high	When I applied for a position I emailed a thank you response, then followed up with an inquiry email two days later. Doing these things showed how interested I was in the position and I ended up getting it over the dozens of other people that applied.
high	When I was in high school there was a competition to create a project where you could win 50 dollars if yours was picked. I got pretty good grades in school but I never went out of my way to do anything better than anyone else, but I really needed the money. By putting all of my effort into the goal of winning I put like weeks of effort into it and ended up winning, which was probably more than most people in a not well off but not impoverished high school put into such a middling cash prize. This honestly told me I should put my all into stuff more often since I did end up winning.
high	I had to compete for a job with another coworker for just one spot. I wouldn’t say I trusted him prior but I definitely didn’t during. He acted like a child a lot of the time so I figured that I had a good chance as long as I didn’t mess up anything. In the end, neither of us got the job and ended up laid off. It was probably a lie the entire time.
low	We switched routing software at my job and my team of 15 people had to help each other to create the new models in the newer software to begin mapping the transportation routes we use to create our delivery routes. Each team member helped the other even though it was not their district or drivers. We all helped input stats and datasets to complete the project in a short amount of time. We had a pizza partys and worked overnight to make sure everything was done on time. It was a great cooperative experience.
high	At work we had multiple employees working on similar tasks. We all had the opportunity to work extra hours to complete the tasks. Of course I did that, I came in early and stayed late. None of the other employees chose the same. I also worked harder on my regular duties in order to have more time for the project. I completed the task before the others as well as did a little extra so the manager would take notice.
low	My team of four had lost two employees in under 3 months. I came on as a new hire to fill one role and a few months later we had an individual who interviewed who mentioned their current workplace was not great and they really needed a break and better. While they didn’t ace the interview, they had the background, skill sets and personality that I knew would be great for our team. Without really saying it me and my coworker agreed we would help out this person as much as possible and train them more than our manager trained us. This person is now one of the best achievers on our team and amazing. We all look out for each other so well and embody team work.
high	I was being considered for a job and I knew that I would sing my own praises with my accomplishments in my field.
high	A time I acted competitively was when I was up for a promotion at work. I knew who my competition was and I gambled at taking on a high profile assignment right at work before the interviews that paid off. As a result, I edged him out for the promotion. I thought it would work since everyone thought he had a slight edge on me since he had been there longer, but I knew that some of the senior leaders thought he was a bit risk averse, so this was a way to highlight that without directly attacking him, and it seems to have worked.
high	I started a new job two years ago. Another person, in my same position, was hired a week later, so there was a sense of competition, whether intended or not. Although I was confident in my abilities, I went out of my way to go above and beyond to show my boss what I can do. Now, two years later, my boss has extreme confidence in my work and, in turn, assign more tasks to me than to the other person.
high	I’m a lawyer, and so I suppose law school exams required competitive acting and thinking because they were all graded on a curve. But honestly, competitive acting and thinking isn’t my forte. I didn’t want to succeed at the expense of others, and so I wasn’t at the top of my class in law school. Maybe I would have been if I had leaned into this…but I’m a public interest lawyer…it wasn’t about that for me.
high	In graduate school, I had to be competitive about teaching assistant positions to make sure that I was able to secure one in order to pay for school and receive a stipend. I knew that my classmates were also looking for positions, so I would look for positions that were posted, immediately apply, and not tell anyone else about additional positions that may have been open. In this situation, I was mainly looking out for myself, and didn’t tell my class mates about other open positions in case I needed to apply for them. I was proactive in this case, and this helped me get ahead by making sure that I could find a position to pay for my tuition.
low	In this situation, my work team collaborated to figure out the next best approach for student textbooks. We all looked at pros and cons of two books we were deciding between and requested samples. I thought about what I would prefer to teach and how my students would react to the content. I behaved by emailing my feedback. My cooperative action and thinking helped us to gather group feedback as an overall teaching unit to make the best decision as a team.
high	Recently I got hired on to a new job. I’ve been trying to get in good with all the bosses and network with a lot of people to make myself look better than the other employees I work with. I’m really just generally doing what I’m supposed to do. But they won’t do what they are supposed to do. So it makes me look better and then whenever I get the chance, I let the boss know that the other employees didn’t complete their tasks.
high	When playing a sport having a competitive mindset was positive as it helped me focus on the end goal of winning the game. I don’t think I would have been successful without this mindset.
low	In basketball we were down 15 points at halftime to a very good team. We went in at halftime, made a new gameplan and worked together to execute the plan. It took all 10 players, even when you weren’t on the floor working together towards one gameplan to pull off that comeback. We ended up winning by 7 through our collective efforts.
high	I recall instances in my graduate program of using competitive behavior to get ahead of others. I actively chose to take on more projects and working as hard as I could on them to prevent others from getting the same recognition. This helped me secure a better job opportunity in the long run.
low	I work with patients in a healthcare setting who have endured traumatic injuries. During these times of crisis I work collaboratively with medical professionals, first responders and families to meet the patients’ immediate needs. Tragically, a young man recently experienced a motor vehicle accident in which he was severely injured. The medical team treated his injuries but he would not be able to live without ongoing medical interventions. I was present when the medical team explained the patient’s condition to his family. We worked together to share the information and to support the patient’s loved ones as they processed the provided information and prepared to remove medical interventions, allowing their loved one to die. We worked together to ensure a dignified physical death for the patient while spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically supporting a family who was thrust into grief and loss.
low	When I was 20 years old, just before turning 21, I signed up to join the United States Air Force with a recruiter near the mall in my hometown. Arriving in Texas was quite the shock, however, it became quickly apparent that the only way myself or any of the people who arrived there with me that day would succeed would be to work together. This could be with anything and everything. We watched out for each other even when considering small, simple things, like informing each other when part of our uniform was unkempt, or figuring out amongst ourselves who was the best at doing specific tasks that we’d divide between each other. We helped each other make our beds, organize our lockers, even fold each others clothes in order to avoid being punished for any mishap, no matter how small. One night was particularly memorable. We rotated shifts when it came to “keeping watch” in our dorm, mostly to practice procedures in real-life situations. I was on duty one night at around 1:30AM, and overheard somebody crying in the bathroom while doing my walkthrough. Myself and a few others in the dorm were still awake, and we decided to approach the situation together. We found that the person in question was having a very hard time adjusting to basic training, and unfortunately had a panic attack while alone in the bathroom. We were able to coax him out of the bathroom stall, and spend our time that we’d normally be sleeping talking him through his worries. This simple act would be crucial to our success in future days, as this person was given specific responsibilities in our training that proved to be very important to our graduation.
low	Cooperative actions help me succeed every day in my workplace and in order to achieve our ultimate goal of helping patients. We have to think about solutions to problems collaboratively in order to meet patient needs.
high	We had our manager leave his position and I was interested in the position but did not have the experience required for the job. I therefore did not apply. The manager they hired for the position ended up not having the experience either but they could not find anyone with the qualifications they wanted so they hired her. After 2 weeks in the job she walked out. I knew my previous managers job well, I told the regional manager I was interested in the position even though I didn’t have the experience since they hired once before without qualifications I figured it was worth the shot. I competed with our applicants and since they were in a bind I tried proving myself by taking lead and doing what needed to be done including working loots of overtime. After several months they gave me the position. I tried to show that I cared and would do what was necessary to get the job.
low	In our group project, we divided tasks based on our strengths, communicated openly and created something better anyone would.
low	Back in high school me and and a few of my friends decided to start a lawnmowing business in order to help raise funds for college. We each had our input from having enough mowers to marketing our business to potential customers in nearby neighborhoods. Working together as a team helped us achieve our goals in raising a good amount of money to ease the burden of the cost of college.
low	We were working to move some furniture. We had to work together to figure out the best way to move it. By doing this, the task was easier and took less time.
low	When my company rolled out new password requirements for our members it caused quite a bit of complications for my team. Basically, an automated email was sent out that told our members they needed to change their password but not why and it made many members think there was either a glitch or that the email was not from us but rather a phishing scam. This situation led to back to back calls and was stressing out my team and I. So, me and my team got together to figure out how we could nip this in the bud. We proactively came up with ideas and brainstormed quite a bit and figured out a way we could remedy the situation. We created a new automated email template and had it approved by our department supervisor, which was then sent out to our members, explaining why they needed to change there passwords and apologizing for the automated cryptic email. If we had not come together on this and figured it out, we would have been struggling for months with angry confused callers.
low	I vend at comiccons as a small artist. Small artists always stick together. We had a problem with someone stealing from our booths and we all kept an eye out for each other.
high	When I was in college, I was in my school’s computer science club. We entered many competitions, but one that stood out was a robotics competition. Me and my team created a small robot for the competition, and I was really competitive about it. I would spend extra hours making tweaks on the robot and testing code for it. I got to the point were all I could think about was beating my competition and I succeeded. Me and my team won first place.
high	There are a number of instances when acting competitively have helped me succeed, but the example that first comes to mind is when I was up for promotion at my job and I was competing against some of my colleagues and had to advocate for myself in order to demonstrate that I was the best candidate for the job.
high	Love of the game. Thankfully I majored in business and minored in tv/film so I don’t have a acting degree but I also worked my hands to the bone so I don’t need money from acting jobs, anything I get I look at like a tip. Also when in scene I like helping less experienced actors elevate their game, I know how to do it now too I know you’re “not supposed to do that” but I don’t care, I can draw a performance out of someone without them realizing what I just did, I love that component as well, just growing together during a project ya know the team work element is huge with me. Love it. Ya gotta kinda compartmentalize everything and stay focused on why you were drawn to the craft in the first place. You can’t worry about anything, that’s a fear based emotion so I’m order to be confident in anything you have to at least respect yourself, at most love yourself. The natural order of things will play out from there but, gotta remove negativity and just keep rolling.
high	I am having trouble thinking about a time where I had to be competitive and succeeded in a situation. I like working with people to achieve a goal. The only thing I could possibly think of was applying for a job or scholarship, but I didn’t know those people personally. I got the scholarship by being my authentic self and writing from my own perspective without minimizing anyone else’s experience.
low	Yes, it helped me succeed. We worked together to get three people elected to be union reps.
low	At work, we received a task from senior management to create a presentation with a lot of financial data within a couple of hours for a major presentation. Our team of project directors, financial managers, and leadership quickly sketched out what the slides would contain and split up the work between the three of us. We trusted that everyone could complete their portion We assembled the deck and reviewed and edited all of the slides together, and the group’s collective input made the presentation much stronger. It would have been impossible to complete this task without working together.
low	I recently worked with some friends to install a greenhouse. I worked together with them providing direction when needed as I was the one reading the instructions that came with it. Working closely to cooperate on the installation helped us complete it much faster.
high	At work, being competitive helped me be most successful for my client. It made me feel energetic and invigorated.
low	During a team project team at work, we were tasked with developing a training program for new hires under a tight deadline. Instead of dividing tasks and working in isolation we were met with a brainstorm share progress and provide feedback. I made effort to really listen to my teammates offer support when someone was behind and share resources that could help everyone.
low	when i was in university, i had to work on a group project i viewed my team mates as allies and focused on open communication and cooperation instead of feeling strongly about what was being discussed and trying to make my point stand out and be adhered to . by collaborating and being able to value everyone’s input, we build trust and worked efficiently. This cooperative approach led to a successful project, everyone was happy, and we had strong results
low	At work we needed to get a show on air, but we were running behind after we had some equipment fail. We worked together and although we weren’t able to fix everything, we got back on air.
high	When I broke into IT, I was a temporary employee working along 5 other temps all competing for a single permanent position that would be opening up. I usually enjoy and thrive on competition. That fact that it was cutthroat allowed me to focus on myself and do as much as possible to put myself in the best position. I was open to helping the others and never looked to sabotage anyone’s chances, I just focused on improving my knowledge as much as possible and doing quality work. I ultimately beat out the completion and got my permanent spot.
high	When I first applied to work at the company they were pretty new and I wasn’t really qualified for the job. I offered to do whatever was needed from me if they would give me a chance to manage the servers. I was able to beat out other candidates because I was doing extra work for no pay in the beginning, while being trained.
high	I had to act competitively recently doing a study I can’t disclose information about. I wanted to qin a prize for best performance so I had to be cutthroat and outstanding. This attitude helped me to possibly win a prize and put me before the rest of my competition.
low	I worked collaboratively with my co-workers on the department of case management to achieve a complete self department audit of all.of our charts so that we could achieve a 100% on our department audit which would increase our Departnent budget by 50k
low	I thought of a situation that I had with my former Board of Directors at my old job. I was the Executive Director of a homeless shelter for women and children. We were in the midst of planning our annual dinner and auction gala. I was co-chairing the event with our new Board President. He was non-cooperative, and then stopped all communication. 6 weeks out from the gala he suddenly resigned from the board. He had not fulfilled any of his commitments, and we were left with no live auction items. It was a very upsetting and worrisome circumstance. However, after I talked with the rest of the board members, they really rallied. We all worked incredibly hard to procure the auction items, and they really came through by leveraging all of their contacts. Ultimately, we pulled off a very successful and profitable gala for the nonprofit organization. Our cooperation and having the one mindset and goal to raise money for the families we served really helped us to be successful. I don’t think we could have held the gala if everyone hadn’t worked together!
high	I went to a hiring event at a hospital. I saw the other people as competition to get a limited number of job openings and I did not care if they got a job, only if I did. I did not converse with any other applicants because I saw it as something unimportant that would distract me from focusing on the job interview. This allowed me to focus on mentally preparing, and I was offered a job.
high	At my current job, I work competitively by completing as many tasks as efficiently as possible, trying to maintain higher completion rates than my peers. This has helped me obtain a more desirable workload and be able to manage my workdays better. I spent time analyzing my coworkers actions and tasks at hand, and reviewing what works best for them and what doesn’t work well. Utilizing this information I was able to tackle my own workload without needing assistance from my coworkers, while also outperforming them.
low	A time that really stands out to me is when my team had to meet a tight deadline for a big project at work. Instead of stressing out individually, we came together, divided up the tasks based on each person’s strengths, and kept communication open. I made sure to support my workers where I could and stayed flexible when plans changed. We trusted each other to get things done, and the sense of teamwork made all the difference. In the end, not only did we meet the deadline, but the project turned out great because we worked together instead of trying to do it all alone.
high	I had to work with a coworker and make sure we were able to collaborate and finish a project on time. I was worried they wouldn’t be able to finish the project due to how slow they were completing their end of the project. I decided to take on extra work to help keep the flow moving properly and to finish the project successfully
high	I ran for queen of a local town fair and had to be quite competitive to win. It included multiple speeches, community service acts and competitive essays. In addition we also had to get local buisnesses to sponsor the fair. I took initiative and hit up every small buisness in town before anyone else had the chance and came away with the most sponsors. That highly contributed to my winning.
high	During a very tough university class, I was very competitive with how I approached studying. I wanted to be the best student in my class and focused solely on myself. This helped me get a very good grade in the class.
low	For most of my working side of life, there has always been times where I had to cooperate with my peers in order to make the task/workday successful. I will choose a time when I worked at Publix as a customer service associate. Holidays were very busy which meant that the store would be packed full of people. It could take over us quickly. Although I was a cashier, in order to keep things flowing, I would help other departments to finish a job. If anyone needed to call out, I told everyone that I worked with that they can always call me to come in and I would be there. There were times where it would be time for me to clock out, but it is really busy. I would stay longer in order to help my peers succeed.
high	There was a co-worker that I did not get along with. We had both been reprimanded by our manager because of this. We were on the same team and had to work together. We had made piece, but then she had problems with me for some unknown reason. I made sure to act professionally and treat her respectfully, she did not do the same for me. By acting professionally, it was noticed that I had overcome the experience and she had not. I was congratulated and told how much I had improved, she had to go to another team because her behavior was unprofessional and she got low reviews because of it.
low	When my roommate decided to buy a brand new car, we decided to help each other out. Rather than selling his car to the dealership at a lower cost, I bought it from him for a higher agreed-upon price. In return, he essentially gave me a loan with no real deadlines and zero interest, all with the agreement in good faith that I would make monthly payments.
low	At my old job, we were commonly offered tips by customers but not allowed to accept them. My coworkers and I came together to our employers to allow us to earn tips.
high	In this situation, I would’ve been heartwarming and kind. I also would’ve kept it competitive because that describes me as a person.
low	When working together but having opposing views and ways of doing things, we need to come up with the most effective and efficient ideas so we get the work done by in a timely manner.
low	A while back, I worked on a clinical research paper with an assigned team. It was a big deal because the winning team would present their paper at the National Convention. My team picked their roles based on each person’s skills. We were very committed to putting in extra hours outside of class to conduct research, organize, cite sources and revise the research paper.
low	Recently, I was accidentally locked up in the laundry room with two of my very young niblings. They started to panic and I was able to calm them down and say everything was ok. We were able to think of a plan together and managed to get out of the room by jumping out of the window and unlocking the door from the outside.
high	I had work jobs in the past where the pay is commission only. So the faster I work and complete a customer. The faster I can attend to a new customer and earn more money in commission.
low	I have worked in a cooperative situation when I created a google drive folder of all of the project materials. This helped us stay informed of what everyone was doing on the project. We all trusted each other and were able to base our work off of others.
high	In an interview I was teamed up with 5 other people. We had to accomplish a task. I took initiative and accomplished the task first, winning out over other interviewees
low	About one year ago, I was asked to help my neighbor move a really long ladder for 5$. I thought, if I help him, we can acheive putting the ladder away. So, I helped him and we put the ladder where it belonged! My action was very socially aimed and was quite a positive thing for my neighbor.
low	Every year we have Standards that each department at my place of employment that needs to be completed. We are usually given 3 months to get it done. For the last 4 years I have been gathering the information that’s needed for the standards. (My department has 60 standards). We had a new person to our institution come into our department and she said that she would help me get the information together. I explained to her that I got this because I know what my Ops Mgr. wants in the folders. So the deadline for last Friday and I completed all of the standards by the deadline and turned them in for approval. I sent an email to the supervisors in my department to let them know that the standards were completed and left for the Ops Mgr. I received 3 emails thanking me for doing the job. It made me feel really good to get those email.
low	at my agency, we had to come up with a new campaign in just under three days. Working together with the creative and media teams and bouncing ideas off of one another allowed us to reach a common goal and succeed much faster than ultimately developing ideas alone.
high	I am not a competitive person; there is no competition. I just pray and move strategically.
high	I was competing when at college trying to get the best grades I could so I could get ahead. My competiveness sometimes made me frown upon people criticizing my work as I thought they were sabotaging me.
low	I organize teams for a living so i have a lot of these opportunities. Recently I’ve had to get people are working on the same thing and toward the same outcome of delivery for a rather complicate set of features. Identifying common causes between people and sequencing so that they would benefit each other ultimately led to success.
high	Competitive thinking is something that I learned that has served me well. I drive a truck. While I only have myself to compete with, I always try and do better than I did the last trip, thus bringing further success in an almost exponential fashion. Being safer, more efficient, eliminating needless stops.. etc
high	In high school I competed for a writing reward where the reward included a scholarship for university. I didn’t exactly go for anyone’s throat or anything, but I had to put together a portfolio that was better than my peers in a subject that was near and dear to me, as well as endure multiple interviews with subject experts. In the end, while I wasn’t able to go past the state level, I did end up winning at my high school level. I did my best and was proud to earn the scholarship.
high	I was in a situation where my social circle had people who were passive-aggressive toward me and seemed not to like me much. After learning this, I used this as motivation to move toward my goals at an accelerated rate. I didn’t tell anyone this at the time of the situation, but that information sparked my competitiveness, and I haven’t slowed down since.
high	I get like this during hockey. When I’m on the jce and all my teammates are really inexperienced I tend to be more selfish with the puck.
low	It was a time at work when we all had to work together. An 18 wheeler had hit an SUV head on with a young mother inside and her infant child in a carseat in the backseat. The mother was non-responsive and the child was fine and just sitting there wondering what had happened. My coworkers worked together to get them from the car.
low	When I was working with my doctor on my care. We collaborated and came up with a realistic treatment plan for me.
low	I’ve worked cleaning houses before, and especially on first time cleans, we would often work together as a team. These houses would have been impossible to finish cleaning as a single person in a day, but as a team, we were able to touch every surface and every corner in one day. We would each go to a separate room, but as we finished our part, we would move on to help each other finish the other rooms. Working together made everything go smoothly and fast, and the customer was happy.
low	This is an ideal situation where all are willing to work together collaboratively. In these situations it is easy to cooperate and do what’s for all. This is not the case for most situations however. I find most situations at my workplace to be less that collaborative.
high	I run a Twitter/X account where I have agreed to interact with other accounts. Some days I don’t because it takes up too much of my time, even though I have made a previous agreement.
high	I have recently joined a rec basketball league. I came in to a team that was already set so I was a sub. I realized that to earn more game time I had to be competitive and use every opportunity I got to showcase my skills. So I started to pass less and dribble more and take more shots. And little by little I earned more game time and became a starter.
high	The situation was winter baseball workouts for the varsity baseball team, my first year playing varsity. I was competing for a starting position. My competitive attitude propelled me to work harder, improve my skills, and focus on singular tasks.
low	We had to work together on a project for a major course. This project was important and required a lot of planning and a lot of coordination between members. In the end, we were able to come together and complete the project on time.
high	In my last job, there was an opening for a management position. I had my eyes on the promotion and made sure that I fought hard to get it. It was competitive because I had to prove that I deserved the job over others that had been in the company longer than me. My determination and willingness to put myself out there was instrumental in me ultimately getting the job.
high	When working in a sales role you view all the people on your team as competition. This allowed me to change my behaviors and push myself forward more and go the extra mile. Healthy completion is a great motivator and in sales the direct reward is more money
low	I was working on fixing an issue with an application that was not receiving messages properly. I had been working on this problem for a couple days and hadn’t found the root cause, so I reached out to two other developers on the team to ask if they could help parse through some of the application logs. As they were looking through the logs with me, we were able to find some suspicious behavior that when we traced through the code ended up being the problem. Essentially, multiple workers threads were active when only one should have been which ended up causing lots of issues with the messaging capabilities of the app.
high	When I was in undergrad, I was looking for internships relating to my major. I found a lucrative internship at an amazing company that was trendy, innovative, and it paid. It came down to 5 of us doing final interviews for 2 internships. The interesting thing is that we all had to be in the same room while waiting to be interviewed so each time someone came out of the interview room, we gauged their reaction. I remember feeling so competitive like never before. The others were nervous and you could tell they were not confident in the setting we were in. I was nervous too but took it upon myself to act confident and I “faked it till I made it”. I truly think this helped me land the internship because I went in there like I owned the room and knew the place.
high	After I graduated college, I had to showcase my skills in a way that would make me seem desirable to employers. Keep in mind, this was 2020, the year the world shut down so everyone was unsure of what the next day would bring. When applying, I made sure to cater my skills to the position and show my experience and expertise.
high	I was living with my immediate family, my aunt, and my cousins for a year when I was 14 years old. I felt competitive with them in the sense that I needed to succeed at my studies and stay focused and concentrated so that I could leave the situation I was living in. My living environment was neglectful unkempt and abusive, so I felt the need to work my hardest in my freshman year of high school and to keep to myself so I could everything done on time. Today, I have my A.A degree and am working towards my 4-year degree in Business Management. Working on staying focused back then helped me stay concentrated now.
high	I started personal training with my friends and I am physically the most out of shape. I wanted to make sure I came in first or lifted the most all the time. I was able to find a way to do that in almost all cases and the benefit to me was getting in shape and losing weight.
high	When i was raising money when I was younger the top money raiser got a prize. My competitive action and thinking helped me succeed by thinking outside of the box. I would go to places where i knew that other people i was in this competition with werent at. This helped me raise a lot of money because i didnt raise money in a group i did it by myself.
high	During my finance class, we each had to do stock picks as a competition. The winner would get extra credit to that they didn’t have to take the final. I was ultra competitive in this as it was something I really liked to do. This made me work extra hard compared to others to beat out the competition. I was thanking myself at the end when I didn’t have to do the final.
low	There was an inspection coming up at work and we all worked together to get things ready and clean. I was cooperative by doing other things outside my regular job to prepare, and I thought it was great to work as a team
low	I work in this type of environment everyday where my immediate coworkers are on a production line and we have to work together as a team to get all of our order requests filled by a certain time. Sometimes I have to give extra help to a specific person to fill their orders after mine are completed but its all apart of the job.
low	When we had to pick a new retirement plan vendor, it was necessary that we collaborate and get a variety of ideas & questions. We needed to make sure that all contingencies were covered, which means a variety of opinions.
high	I play competitive video games, mainly through solo-queue, and the important piece of advice given is that if you want to succeed and climb, you have to focus on yourself first before you focus on others. With that being said, I had to focus more on my own abilities in order to succeed in ranked matches, improve my skills, and beat the opposing team.
low	In cooperatvie situations, you need to know to lean on your teammates to cover the bases that you can’t. Other people have novel insights and are a valuable asset. It’s vital to not let ego get to your head.
low	There was a big fire on the island where my husband drives an ice cream truck for his friend and everyone was made to evacuate, so he couldn’t bring the truck back to the yard where they store them and retrieve his car. He had to drive his car to the other yard which is one hour north, and since he didn’t have his car, he needed a ride back home (which is 35 minutes away). His friend didn’t want to drive him home, so I had to pick him up and allow him to use my car again today. We needed to collaborate to figure out how to get both cars back today, which we’ll do later tonight.
low	I work in a classroom setting. There is a teacher and 2 teacher’s assistants in the room. I had wanted to implement a new plan for a particular child but we all had to be on board for it to work. I approached the others and they were all for trying it. We were all on board and it not only made us as adults feel successful in achieving things together but most importantly was successful for the child.
high	I was once in a sports competition and only one more player was going to be allowed on the team so I got very competitive by showing a lot of my skills. This helped me oot because I won.
low	In a college group project we collaborated by leveraging each member’s strength, ensuring open communication and dividing responsibilities fairly. Our teamwork led to a detailed and visually compelling business proposal, resulting in shared success and an excellent grade
high	I recently started a new job where you earn commission and are acknowledged based on your sales performance. On my first week I worked as I would normally at any other job and quickly became the highest ranking team member in the two most valued sales metrics. Learning that these numbers were only really met by one other team member lit a fire in me to compete with them. I managed to keep up for 3 weeks before the foot traffic to my location diminished. Still, pushing to be number one led me to be recognized early as a top employee.
low	A few of my team members quit, so those of us remaining came together to make sure we can still release our newsletter every day at our specified times. I took on more work than I usually do, and so did the others.
high	During my final year of college, my school hosted an academic competition that brought together students from all over. The pressure was on and it occurred to me that my classmates were just as ambitious as I. Instead of seeing them as allies, i viewed them as rivals. This intense focus and competitive drive really paid off when i ended up winning the competition.
low	The best example I can think of is playing soccer. When a teammate or myself wants to get greedy with the ball or try and take too much of the glory, a lot of opportunities get missed. Moving the ball around as a team, seeing your teammates and getting into open space and communicating works a whole lot better for a chance to score than just relying on on player.
low	My cooperative action and thinking helped me succeed in achieving things together is by being more open with one another. For example, I am a Preschool Assistant who works with another Preschool Assistant and a Teacher. We frequency collaborate with one another to talk about the kids and how we can improve on teaching and what they need to work on.

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high	I think you’d see dynamics like this any time people are competing for a job position. Jobs are our livelihood and people will do anything necessary to ensure they get the best one possible. Sometimes this involves stepping over others.
high	Sales or marketing. are other places that have very competitive environments.
low	Cooperative thoughts can happen in a lot of places, including planning a vacation with friends or family, teamwork during a fitness challenge or military boot camp, or even a team sport such as basketball or football where teamwork and trusting each other is vital for success
low	I imagine in many healthcare settings also at home. Any situation where family is working together, too.
high	In the workplace, while driving on the road, while doing tasks in the home, hiking up a mountain… anywhere
low	There are probably similar scenarios for other disrupted travel, canceled events or unscheduled disruptions for other activities. My feeling is any time there’s an unplanned disruption, these dynamics could exist.
high	In public I often watch people to see if there may be a threat. I watch them for awkward movements and blank stares to ensure everybody is safe.
high	While watching and/or helping to coach my daughter and sons baseball and softball teams.
high	Colleagues can show how much they want to keep up by showing up and going to in-person events. Unfortunatley i cant, because i work fully remote.
low	When a power outage happens at home or work people try to help each other
low	Cooperative dynamics, thoughts and behaviors can be found in many settings. These settings can include academic environments, relationships, friendships families, and volunteer organizations. On a micro level, these can even occur in simple human interactions, such as when someone allows a person with less items than then to skip ahead of them in line at the grocery store.
high	Competitive thoughts could be had in the workplace, such as fighting to take credit for success, or in daily life like driving through traffic or waiting in line for a concert.
high	Trying to secure a promotion in your workplace. Trying to win a client with a mind blowing project reel. Wanting to impress parents by learning various household chores and skills.
low	Most of the time you would see this in a group project environment. Typically at work.
high	Many times in life I found that being the best at something is rewarding in that getting the most sales are getting the most done in a certain period will often lead to the highest reward.
high	At the workplace if you are in line for a promotion, you may have to outwork coworkers.
high	While I don’t share this sentiment, the workplace tends to be highly competitive. I am a manager, and in every place I’ve worked, I’ve held a manager position. I’ve never had to compete for this position, but many people do.
low	Similar cooperative dynamics can often be found in workplace teams working toward a shared goal, like launching a new product or solving a complex problem.
high	There is a similar competition in any work setting where people are trying to get ahead. I dealt with the same things while on a dance team, obviously we wanted the entire team to do well, but I also wanted to have the best part. Same thing would go in the theater, or any other type of performance; chior, band, orchestra, sports. etc
high	I believe one might see this type of behavior and thought process in an academic setting, where students would have to show the program leaders they were the best of the best.
low	In the same workplace, the owners of the store would give us monumental tasks of rearranging the entire store and changing over the entire stock with the expectation that it could be done in under the 8 hours that the store was open. While also giving us zero direction, my coworkers and I were able to put our heads together and create a plan to change over the store and make it happen.
high	I think the same applies in the business world. when applying for a job and going through the interview process you want to outperform your competition. It’s natural to want to be the best candidate/winner.
low	I can find these types of behaviors within groups of friends who are helping each other. Other types of work situations with a good team come to mind. Politics has a lot of this which is usually centered around each side helping each other.
low	You could see cooperative thoughts and behaviors in any workplace setting, but also learning settings. Schools and classrooms have ample opportunities to cooperate and work together to create a better solution/outcome.
low	When a small convenience store is packed with a long line and there are only 1-2 people working register, I often see customers in line complaining. I find that it is better to be cooperative and offering to bag your own items while the cashier rings up the next person helps out the employee and soothes the nerves of impatient people in line, maybe encouraging them to be more cooperative as well.
low	Any time we have large group meetings and work together in partnerships. We find ways to work together as a team. Or when putting together a project plan working together to ensure we have all the details of the plan included and if something is missing we can come back and discuss whether it’s an appropriate addition.
high	when people talk about their job, i get competitive because they often think theirs is harder than mine.
high	I think in any team-based competition in real life, you will find similar lines of thoughts. Any sports team or even a competitive quiz team would most likely have people thinking similar thoughts. Being as competitive as you can be in these situations is good for the team.
low	People who are trying to get on their feet need to be cooperative with the people who are trying to help. People getting off of drugs would also benefit from cooperating with those trying to help.
high	I have the same competitive nature playing sports and gambling
high	Cheating on exams can sometimes mean a competitive edge, for example doping in the Olympics, physical exams during checkups, school, etc, in which good health or smarts, or even lying about if your physical stature is up to date can give you an advantage or open you to new opportunities (such a tactic was done by soldiers looking to fight in WW1 or WW2). Stealing items or refusing to give out crucial information can also establish competitive dynamics, both by withholding information or removing an element that a player was privy to.
low	You can find these dynamics in other group settings, or even at work or school, for other people. There are various examples and situations where cooperative thoughts are essential.
low	one time a friends car broke down and we had to make a plan on how to move the car, so we cooperated and came up with an idea and we helped him get the car going
low	I could see construction projects as being similar, in that individual contributors need to complete their work while collaborating and toward and end goal of completing a construction project. There are similar dynamics during various lab projects when I was a college student.
high	Sports would definitely be one. Another big one would be getting the best grades in school, or getting in to the best colleges.
high	i think just shopping in general in any of the big stores that have good prices can be competitive.. especially with the recent egg shortage… i think that was a really big competition!
high	Yes, these dynamics can be applied to competitions like sports, more formal work reports, and even things involving politics.
high	In sports, when certain teammates know each others abilities, so they perform better.
high	The actions I described can definitely be used in most situations, not just business. Being super nice and complimenting people always works to build trust with people.
low	At any good workplace you can find cooperation - bosses helping their direct reports, coworkers sharing info and strategy, people asking for and giving help to those who need it. A team sport would also have a great deal of cooperation, and if not, then that team would never win; the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
low	It reminded me of a party, when you are planning a party you and whoever is helping you set up have constant communication and both are trying to achieve a similar goal. You both understand that there will be problems that arise but can both handle them when they show up.
high	Maybe in a political situation where a member of a political party goes against the norms and realizes they must see their party members as competition. In sports where the competition isn’t just with other teams, but your teammates too.
low	Working together with family members to plan a gathering is a similar situation. Each person must complete their portion as agreed to.
high	Any kind of buying situation pretty much, especially in situations where the seller is at an advantage. They are able to demand more from buyers and force them into competition with each other.
low	This kind of sharing of different types of expertise and experience has application in a wide range of situations. I have seen this in action with many of my client engagement’s but also in non-work situations, such as responding to an emergency situation during a wilderness canoe trip with friends to planning the construction of a new addition to my church’s buildings.
high	I see this dynamic in sports and more specifically during the Olympics. There are instances where players accuse others of using preforming enhancing drugs as a way to put themselves ahead.
high	My situation was about my boss taking credit for my hard work without acknowledgment. I could see this happening amongst peers as well. This could also happen at job interviews.
high	You can have competitive thoughts or behaviors at school, during sports, and at work.
high	The experience I described on the previous page was similar to two siblings fighting for a parent’s love. At work there is money to be gained so the motivation is different but the actions are very similar.
high	I’ve seen this play out in sports or competitive games
low	You can observe cooperative dynamics in community service events, team sports, and study groups; these settings illustrate how collaboration not only improves outcomes but also builds strong relationships.
low	Always work together because what one person doesnt think of another will.
low	Deciding on what to have for dinner, negotiating salary and benefits are a few that come to mind.
high	Competitive dynamics can occur in trying to be picked for something, to get a certain spot in line, or getting a job.
high	My competitive thoughts and behaviors tend to occur in the work place. So it ends up relating to my teams success or failure and how much we are able to give to the other areas of my work.
high	A similar situation is if you and your partner have a goal to lose weight, and you’re competing to be the first one to achieve your weight goal.
low	comparable cooperative dynamics frequently emerge in workplace environments during team projects or brainstorming sessions, where diverse skills and perspectives are crucial fro reaching a shared objective.
low	I think it could be used in almost any situation where you are involved on a team. Team sports are a great example because the teams who cooperate the best are the ones who end up winning in most cases.
low	A very similar process is found in healthcare as its similar to IT work. Developing training for nurses across multiple hospital locations in conjunction with patient feedback. Then documenting and reporting its success.
low	I find it a big help at work too. If there’s something I can’t do on my own asking for help is the smart thing to do. For example if I’m moving something heavy, it’s just better to ask for help. It prevents injury as well as it’s faster with help.
low	You can find similar thoughts when you’re on a construction site because you’ll have multiple people doing multiple different jobs but you don’t want to get in another person’s way so if you’re a plumber is trying to run his pipe you don’t want your electrician trying to run his wire at the same time or at least in the same section of the house so you let your plumber do his work over here your electrons are shin do the work on the other side of the house and then they can switch places when they’ve completed their task on their respective sides.
high	Absolutely you can find these same kind of competitive dynamics in many situations. I can see this mentality being applicable especially in a sales environment. When there is one customer and several sales people you have to go at the situation with the mentality that you ARE going to win. That customer is already yours they just don’t know it yet. You may not be able to sabotage the competition, but you can do everything you can to be better than them.
low	In the workplace setting, by working together and thinking like a team. Getting everyone on the same page trying to accomplish the same end goal. By having such collaboration in would ensure that everyone is doing what they need to, to reach the end result.
low	Helping someone across the street or helping someone load their groceries into their car. Mowing a neighbors lawn that may have fallen onto hard times or is sick. They will find a way to help back when they can.
high	focusing solely on their own projects while monitoring the strengths of their peers.
high	In a tabletop gaming competition, using these same techniques to assess the competition and use that to your advantage is often implemented. I know that it is used in sporting competitions, and also in applying for a job.
low	another situation at work where we are cooperative with one another is instead of bagging groceries we use boxes. Most of the time it is a “you’re on your own” kind of situation, but there is times where someone will come and bring me some boxes so that I don’t have to leave and go get some on my own
high	Similar kinds of competitive thoughts and behaviors can be seen in any group of people applying to a job or school. They are all thinking along the same lines that if they do not do well on this examination or interview that they will not succeed and thus strive to do better than the person sitting next to them.
high	situations which i can find similar kinds of competitive thoughts and behaviors include my workplace
high	One other situation this might be applicable is competing for a job promotion where you need to prove that you are a better employee than others. Also, this can be applied to college applications where you have to prove you’re more qualified than others to attend the school.
high	You might face similar competitive dynamics in job promotion, when you are focused on outdoing others to get ahead and win. It is the same in individual sports like tennis, where its all about overcoming the competition, even in schools, students compete for top grades or scholarship.
low	In my relationship we work as a team to reach goals for our families benefit.
low	Another situation where cooperative dynamics are similar would be in my home. Me and my partner have to be on the same page at all times for our home to be cohesive. This leads to much less stress and good communication between the two of us.
low	I think that cooperative dynamics come in to play in emergency situations. For instance, if a neighbor falls ill, they can ask for help from one person and that person can put out the call for a meal train from other friends, neighbors and community members. I find that people always want to help with things that are not too expensive and achievable, like making a meal for a family that has just had a baby or is experiencing an illness or death in the family. They just don’t always know where/when to channel their efforts so being connected to others helps them feel helpful and needed in the community.
high	People perhaps feel the same in sporting situations or in situations of life or death, such as having to defend yourself
low	As a former soccer player in college, teamwork and cooperation is the key to success in any tactical formation, overiding individual talent. This is one of the best examples.
low	Perhaps in a workplace setting, or in relationships, whether romantic or not.
high	I was working in a group and I had a coworker who was a little senior than me. She was very popular and very smart, and I aspired to be like her but at the same time surpass her in some aspect. I developed better socially skills and worked diligently on the tasks I was assigned. We were really close friends actually and I think that competitive aspect made me work harder and became a better person.
high	Competitiveness between departments and between budgets and between senior leadership is common. They will fight for recognition and money and attention. Someone’s an analyst we get caught in the middle of this and fighting and our left with our own devices.
high	Another place that I can see it is when a person is going in for a job interview for a company that they are wanting to work for. There you are trying to give yourself an edge over the other job applicants.
low	You might find cooperative dynamics within a soccer team or a swimming team. Cooperative dynamics works also when a group working together in a restaurant and having to serve people large amounts of food without having any issues.
low	I think in the workplace when people have a cooperative attitude, it benefits everyone. Like the counter coverage incident, if everyone used that mindset of helping (even if it’s not their responsibility) it makes it fair and not too much on any one person.
low	I helped with a food drive during the holidays once. A lot of us had never participated in a event like this but we all worked together and did our part. Some made flyers, others collected donations, and I handled pick ups.
high	I believe their are many other situations, for example, in the workplace, politics, and some athletic competitions. An example in athletics would be during competitive combat sports, where you may want to conceal your strategy and surprise opponents.
high	I partake in a golf outing every year where we spend four days playing 36 holes per day in a friendly, but competitive, environment. The two events share multiple similarities in how I approached being more selfish and attempting to edge out those participating in the same situation as me. I offered very general and light levels of advice/help to those asking, and instead did what I could to focus on my own success.
high	When competing for attention in a residency. When selling items, whenever there’s a bonus for highest position
high	Another situation I might see these competitive behaviors is any rate-based job in my state. We are a Right to work state and these companies can get away with pretty much anything they desire in terms of employee rights.
high	Another scenario that comes to mind might be in bidding on a property. If it was something I really wanted, I might actually try to outbid the competition.
low	Another time in my job where I worked with a coworker was called design review. Design review is when a building is finished and someone else checks you work and you both go back and forth determine what was wrong and what was right
low	I believe any and all work places should have cooperative dynamics. Each person should be working on the same consistent goal. And upholding the same standards and the same mission statement. When one of us succeeds all of of us should as well.
low	Work situations and collaborations would also elicit cooperative thoughts and behaviors
low	Assistance with family, where you have a problem that they can solve with experience or by collaborative effort.
high	Those kind of competitive dynamics can also be seen is academic settings, where are student competing for scholarship might hide resources or ruin peers project.
low	This dynamic is necessary for many aspects of my job. It can also be seen outside of work in daily life. Groups need to cooperate in order to survive so that decisions benefit the majority of them.
high	It’s a crab in the bucket kind of mentality, and I see it a lot in places where spaces or resources are limited. I have seen it in the music world as well, people jump on opportunities and gatekeep their “plugs” so to speak. For example, I work with certain music producers. I do not always broadcast them, because I seek to keep some things to myself as bookings can be limited.
low	Planning company events invloves input and teamwork from multiple teams. Onboarding new employees requires collaboration across departments.
high	in debates people compete based on whose research and articulation impresses the judges.
low	Yes this is very applicable in a work project collaboration.
low	there are similar situations like that at academic settings and learning institutes
low	I think in any workplace scenario this is the case, whether it’s healthcare, engineering, etc using multiple people’s skill sets and intellect can make the entire product better
low	These kinds of cooperative behaviors could also be possible in a school environment. I’m currently a student, so I deal with other students and group projects all the time. In labs, we need to work together in order to solve puzzles to figure out how the lab works and what data we need to collect, as well as how we should collect it. If we were weren’t working together, it would be a nightmare.
high	anything honestly, starting from work environment where you can compete for idea or project to being a parent where you compete with other parents for the best of your kid
high	Other situations would be applying to jobs, networking, and playing sports.
low	I can see cooperative dynamics being particularly relevant during team sports such as soccer or basketball, where communication and team cohesion can lead to better results (winning). Another situation I can see cooperative dynamics being important is for politicians and other policy makers, who need to work together to get regulations passed and change existing regulations.
low	Cooperation is all around us. You see it volunteer groups changing lives, sport teams working towards a championship, and innovative startups disrupting industries. Even online communities come together to support each other and achieve amazing things. It’s a beautiful reminder that together, we achieve anything.
low	Another situation of cooperative dynamics would be in school, having to work on a project as part of an assigned team. Everyone’s grade is dependent on the quality of the completed assignment, so everyone has to cooperate and work cohesively and efficiently.
high	Some other situations where I could see the same competitive thoughts and behaviors would be working to get something done by a deadline before another coworker, even if it is a different project. This would show you are committed and can work at a fast pace to produce deliverables. Another situation would be a competition in which your work is being chosen to be highlighted, like an essay or a poem. I freelance write on the side so each submission is highly competitive.
low	Most likely, cooperative dynamics, thoughts or behaviors would occur in the workplace. Most people have to work in teams.
low	In my group at work we often have ebbs and flows in assignments and the overall workload. We work together well and for the most part, people help each other out voluntarily.
low	Other situations where might see this kind of behavior is sports teams. Especially more sports like doubles in tennis or similar. Also, you would see this behavior in any closely done group tasks for STEM jobs or tradesmen jobs.
low	I think if teamwork at work focusing on tasks that everyone had to chip in to make successful.
low	For real life situations such as working in the emergency room. Each healthcare personnel needs to work together to save a patient’s life. Everyone has a role to cooperate and communicate for a successful outcome.
high	I also find it slightly competitive when thrift shopping, either online or in-person. You must be able to look through items quickly and decisively. Otherwise, you have the potential to miss out because other people may take the items that are valuable.
high	Definitely find competitive situations at work, in sports, and in some hobbies.
low	This is at school in any capacity when working in groups. This can also be used in work places between coworkers.
high	During a race. Competitive sports. Game shows. Shopping during a sale or during the holidays.
low	You might see these behaviors anywhere. The most common place would be hospitals and nursing homes.
low	You have to have cooperative thoughts and behaviors when working as a team at your job. This also may apply when making decisions with your partner.
high	When in a market meeting, the group is talking about ideas. Sometime the competitive edge comes out when others are offering good ideas – and you want to offer good ideas as well. Even out the playing field.
low	Another situation where you might find similar cooperative thoughts and behaviors is in the workplace. People often work in teams to accomplish work-related objectives.
high	In an office environment when competing for a promotion, people become insensitive and apathetic to the needs of others.
high	You can see these competitive dynamics almost everywhere in life. People have to compete against others to get their spot. A great example would have to be the workplace like earning a promotion over other people.
high	I can find similar kinds of competitive thoughts and behaviors in a corporate office setting, where you can only trust yourself to get ahead.
low	I think that there are cooperative dynamics at play at work, at school, at church, and at community events. I think that we are all just people who want things to run as smoothly as they can
low	Possibly. I’m sure this occurs in small teams or work groups I’m civilized societies.
high	In games, at school basically anywhere where there is money to be made or prizes to be won.
high	If you were at work and were trying to get a promotion over someone else this same competitiveness could come up.
low	Playing sports is a highly cooperative activity. I play hockey and the team works together to score and win the game.
low	I could find cooperative thoughts and behaviors in my home life, because my family is all very active in each other’s lives. I cook supper but my daughter cleans up afterwards. I tend to our dogs during the day, she and my husband take care of them in the evening. We share lots of responsibilities.
low	I have always thought trust and transparency are the cornerstones of any working relationship. This can be between executives, employees, contractors and more. If there is no trust, there is no work.
high	You may find competitive thoughts and behaviors at school, work place, etc
low	Cooperation is everywhere around us. It is with us when we are in a marriage as we work with our partners so that we can achieve a common goal wether that be to raise children, work to maintain a household or just to keep each other happy. Another example is having a traditional job, we cooperate with others so that we can achieve the goal of the company.
low	This can be said for any situation where people with different experience and knowledge work together to find a solution. Community projects, scientific studies, family budgeting, etc.
high	I can see the same competitive nature in myself when competing for attention in social situations, wanting attention from someone romantically, during rugby matches and game tournaments
low	These kinds of behaviors can be found on sports teams, where players work together. It could also be in a classroom where students work together. Even in families, planning for vacation.
low	A community project for youth involving volunteers with various experience and methods of working requires cooperation .
low	Church, school, home. Any place where different people come together for a uniform goal.
low	Standing in a line at a store, helping someone up the stairs who may need it, putting luggage in overhead bins on a plane, etc
high	Similar competitive dynamics often show up in job interviews scholarship applications and startup pitch competitions any setting where only a few can succeed and everyone is aiming to stand out.
low	Similar situations with cooperative dynamics can be found amongst teammates in different sports, scientists working as a team to accomplish research, soldiers trying to achieve mission objectives, and many other scenarios.
high	People who are trying to buy a home may become competitive with other people who make offers. They may contact or write to the homeowner expressing why they are the better buyer.
low	Disaster relief. Raising money for people in need. Helping people move. Playing in a band is a type of cooperative dynamic that if done correctly can help with playing the music well.
low	You can find this type of cooperative behavior in almost everything in life, another example would be a sports team like soccer. Everyone has a role in the team, they have to play their role to succeed
low	I think anytime there’s a hard situation people will get together and have the similar kinds of cooperative thoughts because they’re all working towards a general goal of well-being so everybody sort of wants the same thing everybody is moving in the same direction everybody has the same goal and that is comfort so whenever there’s hardship whenever things are difficult whenever things are trying I think people can pull together and work together and use cooperative Dynamics in their actions to get a greater goal to get to the Pinnacle of what they’re doing to be innovative and modern Forward thinking in decision making and basically just how you go about life
high	Not only in the workforce, but the completive situations can be found in relationships such as dating or family status. In addition we might see it in situations where we deal with strangers, such as driving or shopping, especially when black Friday was a bigger event.
low	Working in an auto plant has got to be an all-for-one, one-for-all situation. Support each other so things are done right the first time.
high	In the workplace, I’ve experienced thoughts about being the best worker I can be, being better enough than my colleagues to get promotions.
high	In universities trying to get research papers acknowleded, In various contests where essays are submitted, and at editors offices trying to get published.
low	You could cooperation similar to mine in school or at another working environment.
high	Other games involving social interaction. Social activity, sports, etc.
high	These same behaviors can be seen in all sports. This can be seen in school where students are competing for the highest grade.
high	i think you could find these types of dynamics at schools/colleges or even workplaces
low	I really see this when someone is sick at church. We pull together to help each other. We are united in our love for God and others.
low	Based on what I wrote, it would seem that there needs to be one person in charge, but others may contribute to the conversation and provide input and feedback. This would be applicable to nearly any team dynamic.
low	If two people are coming together to help someone who has a flat tie on the side of the road.
high	I guess ruthless cutthroat competitiveness is prevalent in business, but I would normally use it in game competitions, from dancing to card games. Sports would be a place you’d see it, of course - watch any college football game or high school meet.
high	In working for a raise in a more competitive work situation. Or perhaps to receive some sort of scholarship or limited opportunity.
low	Cooperative dynamics exists in schools through sport teams, extracurriculars such as band or theatre, and in classrooms during assignment groups. In the workplace, these dynamics can be seen in units or project teams.
high	I find other situations where I see competitive behaviors include athletic events, including races where I try to beat other competitors with better times. I am also competitive at work when it comes to managing costs and trying to keep my costs within budget.
low	In working towards building a home between husband and wife. The two are working to build a mutually beneficial environment.
high	That kind of intense individual competition often surfaces when there are limited, highly desirable opportunities, such as vying for the last spot on a sports team or competing for a scholarship. You might also observe it in sales environments with significant individual bonuses tied to exceeding targets, where colleagues could see each other as obstacles to their own earnings. Similarly, in the arts, individual performers auditioning for a single role might experience this kind of focused, competitive mindset.
low	Another situation at work is when someone is sick and needs to call off the same day so the team covers appointments. Another situation is when I work late or don’t have time to make dinner so my boyfriend makes dinner for us that night.
high	I don’t have much first hand experience but secondhand from friends sometimes the business world can get extremely cut-throat when it comes to gaining clients and getting promotions, where people will even play dirty in order to get what they want. Other places where competition is a big thing would be in college or grad school admissions for high-ranked programs.
high	My former partner was a competitive rower at USMA, and he often talked about how seeing the other rowers do good made him want to do better. He wanted his rowing team to be on top, and they would push themselves extremely hard, even to the point of injury. Similarly, I’m friends with several nurses, some of which want to become DNPs. They all compete with eachother to see who can do better in school, and it gets very intense at times.
high	While it’s not necessarily ethical, there are many other situations in which people lie to get ahead. This happens often in the workforce when people lie to others, whether a boss or a competing interviewee to get a job. In other situations, such as races or treasure hunts, a person may lie to a competitor about a hint or direction.
low	In workplace environment specifically. There, employees pour over the same notes, instructions, and feedback from the manager. It is then their job to collaborate so that they all interpret the feedback appropriately and create a product that will sell and is appealing.
high	I have seen people do this in the workforce all the time. I have had supervisors that do not like me so they will write me up to try to get rid of me because I would call them out on their unfair behavior.
high	I think that in any sporting event there would be a competition. However, the invisible competition would be more like winning an award or sponsorship.
high	Competitive online games, Black Friday shopping, first-come-first-serve offerings
high	This competitive type situation occurs when there is a limited supply of a product like tickets or a bargain item. It also can occur in a situation like a general admission concert where getting in first or earlier than others gets you a better vantage point.
high	In general, all types of negotiations in life. Anything from auto sales to a cable bill.
low	In general, it is important to discover the individuals team member’s strengths and weaknesses. With that knowledge you can form a strategy to tackle a task. See who can work in tandem and what specific duties they are best equipped to handle.
high	That’s easy, the same thoughts can be found in several situations, including but not limited to sports, sales environments, video games, and even politics.
low	I would see a lot of cooperative thoughts and behaviors in other teams or work situations where colleagues work together. Also, I would expect to see cooperative dynamics in a school setting where students are working together.
low	I have also seen cooperative dynamics at my work. We are all expected to help each other out when needed, so if there is a large workload many people help out.
low	when trying to plan a trip or trying to find your way around a new city with a group of friends
low	Any time a group of likeminded people come together for the greater good, they do it within some framework of cooperation. A resource group for a marginalized group was put together in my town through cooperative thoughts and behaviors.
low	Anywhere in life really. If you look at things as a team cooperative and believe others have your best interests at heart there’s no telling what you can get done.
low	Working for a common goal together is always helpful to work together with your team.
high	You might find those same competitive thoughts or actions in the sports world. That may be especially true in non-team sports like golf, swimming, etc. I would imagine that those at the top would not want to give away their secrets or training methods for fear of being overtaken.
low	I think situations similar to that where it requires multiple different types of tasks and it makes more sense for the work to be split up among separate people instead of having on person do all the tasks.
low	A lot of times we don’t realize what other people are dealing with So in giving others, grace, and trying to work with them instead of against them, usually fine common ground to complete a project successfully. I often times try to use the same strategies with my young children. Sometimes they seem uncooperative, but then if I take a step back and try to understand why they are behaving the way they are. We can usually come to some sort of agreement.
low	Our church held a rummage sale with proceeds going to the needy in our area. We all worked together to sort and price donated items and run the sale.
high	In sports or in friendships, people want to be the one chosen and behave in a competitive manner either subtly or openly
high	You most likely see competitive thoughts or behaviors in any type of sales job. Even some retail that is commision based you would see competition.
high	You might see some of these competitive thoughts and behaviors in a college/school setting. You might also see them in a workplace sales environment. Another place might be social media and influencers competing for the best deals
high	I could see this same competitive view in the workplace if I was going up for a promotion against another co-worker. I can also see this view in a competition, such as weight-lifting or basketball.
low	I think the kind of cooperative dynamics that I used in the previous situation could apply to almost any other situation. If there is a problem that requires multiple people to troubleshoot, such as a car stuck in a snowbank, or a broken down car in an intersection of a busy road, it just takes a few people to lend a hand to help solve the problem by working together to dig out the vehicle, or to lend a hand by helping to push a vehicle out of the intersection to a safe place on the side of the road while someone sits behind the wheel to steer the vehicle.
high	I think anywhere a person feels that another person is trying to harm their livelihood, people will naturally compete and do whatever it takes to eliminate the competition. This would also apply when others try to harm somebody’s family, property, or reputation.
high	Planning ahead is a core mechanic of my life. I do it for everything so I’m always prepared for any situation. It positions me over others too when either I need to assist someone or seek an opportunity.
low	I experienced another situation where several people cooperated. We were traveling with our children’s baseball team. One of the children was traveling without his parents and unfortunately became very sick during the trip. Several parents collaborated to take care of the child including extending his hotel reservation, contacting his parents, bringing the child food and drinks, and checking on him throughout the day. These types of cooperative dynamics happen in the community as families and neighbors care for each other.
high	Other situations where I might feel this competitive thought is at work. I feel like I have to compete with my other coworkers to show I can produce just as well or even better productions even though I have been here shorter.
low	In any situation that requires some sacrifice from someone. Doing something that costs something - time, energy, effort, money, resources - always seems to go better if a cooperative and purpose driven mindset is used.
high	My coworker trying to beat me by calling all the customers and not answering much calls made my call volume seem half of hers looking like I didn’t work hard enough when in actually I worked harder and spent way more time with the customers. I started calling any available customers I have available to call not letting her know or refusing to hand over my list giving me the equal upper hand. Now she’s pushed to handle more incoming calls like the rest of us or at least not made us look like we not working hard enough when she’s spending most of her remaining time on private calls.
low	We have similar cooperative successes when I help out at the front desk. We both answer phones and check patients in and out while discussing any issues with other situations in the office.
low	As I likened my example to, our cooperation helped one another survive the day like servicemen would do in combat. I think would also be similar to being in a busy emergency room.
low	I see it a lot in business’ that I’ve been apart of that I want to succeed along with the people around me. My buddy has a burger restaurant and I desired for him to be successful along with most of my co-workers and that was easy to be cooperative in our actions and behaviors because we wanted Josh to succeed. Not only were we helping the customer, but also are buddy.
high	I could also see these same competitive thoughts and behaviors while trying to get a job. Sometimes, there is only one position available and multiple candidates fighting to be chosen.
high	You might find the same dynamics in any sport that exists. Ranging from chess to group athletic sports.
low	In a small group where everybody helps with set-up, snacks, participation etc. Any other group that’s committed to the same outcome.
low	Collaborative problem solving, any sort of escape room or other collaborative game.
high	in sports you see the same thing and in life in general. same for work positions and in the corporate world.
high	I think any organization really, if there is upward trajectory in your role; then it doesn’t have to be sales related, if you’re driven and want to succeed. You are inherently competitive
high	I feel like competition exists in many spaces. I would think that some workplaces are probably competitive, or if you are trying to win some sort of contest. I feel like many people in general are competitive in order to get ahead in life.
high	Well, in any other situation where my boyfriend is trying to get a job, we feel competitive because there is so much local competition that it’s hard to stand out. We posted a business card on the bulletin board at a place where our daughter takes lessons, and the card was removed and replaced by a card for a competing business. We were shocked.
high	I know personally I have those thoughts when I’m playing video games against other people. When I was younger I would feel that way when I played sports.
low	Anytime there is a lot of work to be done is better to cooperate and work together, or if there is a time limit on getting things done it’s better to work together
high	I could see the same competitive thoughts and behaviors happening at any sports game or competition. In addition, when two people are competing for one job position, acceptance, or promotion, this could stir up these competitive thoughts and behaviors.
high	Any type of sporting or competitive activity could have these dynamics. Gaming, soccer, tennis, you name it.
high	It would be beneficial to be competitive in school when there is a curve, when applying to jobs, when trying to get a promotion at work, when starting a business, when competing in a sport, when playing a game, etc.
high	During a contest where there are multiple entrants but only one winner. During a group interview where there is only one or two jobs available.
high	Whenever I’m versing someone for the best score. For example, getting the longest time doing a plank makes me want to beat my competitors and continue showing I’m beyond better than them.
low	When we go shopping, we also make sure we have a goal in mind and even split up tasks from the grocery list so we save time. Usually it’s split down the middle with one person responsible for one half of the store and the other person with the other half.
low	I see this kind of thing often in construction, where people take various aspects of a project, and work on them independently, but they come together to achieve a project.
high	I think in any type of job that involves sales people are trying to get the most leads to turn in. Especially when pay is awarded by commission we try to do as much as we can even if that means we have to step over a few other employees to get those leads turned in.
low	Meeting with your group at work to solve a problem that will benefit all of you. Deciding amongst friends on what to do for your weekend break.
high	I would expect to see this kind of attitude toward any scavenger hunt
low	Whenever there is any major changes in companies it is best to accept the change and not create a toxic work environment.
high	These dynamics could likely be found in any workplace environment, but especially in the professional equivalent of the fields I mentioned in college, radio and television. It is nearly impossible to get significant television work without jumping on opportunities that others might not.
low	Probably in disaster situations. People need to work together in order to not die or prevent other people from dying. Less so to prevent damage to property but that would also take cooperation. To put out a fire or something like that.
high	In the supermarket if there is a really good deal and there is only a limited quantity. Instead of splitting it up with the other shoppers I take them all and sell them to make money. There is no limit to how many someone can buy.
low	I feel like when it comes to other situations, like projects are important for cooperative action. Everyone has a certain role to take part, so it’s very important to highlight what roles people have. Whether they’re the leader, the visual artists, or even secretaries. University clubs for example, provide the structural integrity for cooperative action in maintaining a club and their members.
high	I could see competitive behavior in places of work between people trying for a promotion that only has one position. Or gatekeeping helpful information for people trying to get into a competitive program.
low	Other kinds of cooperation include working collaboratively during group projects in school or in the workplace, working with your friends to schedule a group trip or organize a get-together, and working together with your neighbors to pass a new resolution or policy.
low	I would imagine in the military generally they are doing the same thing but with the possibility of dining. Cooperation in the military is imperative. Seeing as Call of Duty is a war game I feel they coincide with one another.
high	Job interviews, merit raises, meetings with clients or based on commission
low	You can find examples of cooperative dynamics in many situations that are successful. You will see this in households that are run smoothly. Even the youngest members can contribute to chores. I have seen this work in large party planning where various members contribute what they have available from tables and chairs to dessert. Non profit situations rely on this as well. For example in fundraising events. Some people collect donations, others are involved in set up and others run the event.
high	Definitely in the workplace. Competitive sports. Competitive videogames. Romantic partners. Getting into college.
high	A person trying to get a new promotion or just a job in general would try their best.
high	When my son was passing an exam for gifted and talented skills or something
low	There are many other situations where cooperation is ideal and beneficial. Some that come to mind are work place situations.
low	I see this when another team needs work done for them. Usually, the smart teams try to work with me to ensure things go smoothly and the work is up to their standards. I think onboarding anyone to a new job should work this way because it is better for everyone to have a useful worker.
high	Any time you will be involved in some type of contest it will be like that. Especially if money is on the line. But for me, it really only applies to work. Friendly competition with friends and family, don’t imply me trying my best to beat them.
low	Maybe at the nursing home and the nurses and I worked together to help a patient who was having problems with their behavior.
low	I think this applies to a lot of group work, whether it be work, school, with friends or family. You could be building something, starting a business, or even planning a trip.
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high	A similar situation where people might act competitive is when the buy a car from a dealership. Everyone knows you have to haggle back and forth and try to win the deal.
low	There’s always room to be cooperative in my job field. I work in the education field and when we meet monthly, it’s always a team collaboration time. This is the same when I was a school secretary. We would come together, collaborate, and everyone was cooperative in finding solutions that we were all facing at our schools. The same can be said for the teachers and their meetings.
high	During periods were one may be promoted, during an interview period, during a probabtion period, during contests, and during tough times it can help you get through it and actually succeed. I have also seen these types of behaviors in uncoventional situations like purchasing homes or negotiating bills.
low	My first thought it when it comes to group projects that you may find at an University as it has similar dynamics. It requires multiple people coming together to accomplish tasks, often requiring meetings to keep everyone on the same page and to get the tasks done in a timely manner. Another similar dynamic would be volunteering at a dog shelter or homeless shelter. There are tasks that have to be done and that will require multiple people working on components of the task at one time. For example, to maintain a soup/food line, some individuals have to distribute the food, some need to cook and prep the food, and others need to bring in the supplies to make the food into the kitchen.
high	Getting into med school would be similarly competitive, as well as scholarship applications. I can imagine getting promoted in the corporate world might have similar dynamics.
low	Any occupational situation that requires teamwork. There are plenty of instances where coworkers need to come together to accomplish a work-related deadline-based task.
high	Another situation I could imagine those kinds of competitive thoughts and behaviors would be in a lot of other sporting events, not just soccer. Another place that you wouldn’t think of would be the college admissions process, its an extremely competitive process and it brought out those behaviors and thoughts in me when I was going through it. Another place might be the workplace, wanting to do better and be a better employee in order to beat your coworkers out for a promotion or a leadership role.
low	You can find situations like this anytime a group has a shared goal. They often feel natural driven pride being able to contribute to a larger goal that they can all see come to fruition. This can happen everything from work place tasks to people building a barn together, or even sports teams working together to win a game.
low	Team sports, group projects, community service initiatives, and volunteer work frequently demonstrate collaborative thinking and behavior.
high	This could be in the classroom where students are competing to come out on top. Or, during team building exercises at work.
high	These dynamics come up in daily life a lot. Work, you may be competitive with other co-workers, in order to gain favor within your workplace. You may be competitive with your neighbors, to have the best looking yard.
high	In sports or competitions i would likely see the same behaviors.
high	I can see many situations competitive dynamics would be witnessed. When a new promotion comes up for work. Performance based bonuses. Real estate dealings. Probationary hiring where employee are hired based solely on productivity.
low	You can find these in many group projects, whether it be for school or work. Any time you have a big task with many smaller tasks and a team of people working on them, you might find these dynamics.
low	Cooperation is strongest when we trade skill sets, respect each individual’s role, and are laser-focused upon a shared result: whether in all-hands DevOps sprint projects—where I collaborate with network engineers, security professionals, and developers to automate releases and have no downtime, or quarterly remediations due to compliance where I distill technical findings to plain-English risk assessment and collaborate with legal, financial, and HR to create remediations plans; in firm-wide hackathons, I collaborate with designers, product teams, and data scientists to balance functionality, usability, and performance; in disaster-recovery exercises, I collaborate with facilities, leadership, and vendors to practice failure and test backups; and in mentorship projects, I guide junior developers line by line of code review and learn new frameworks in the process. In each engagement, respect for each other, unfettered transfer of knowledge, and a desire to get outside of one’s lane are the driving forces behind accomplishment—and are exactly the way I make collaborative achievements a reality.
high	In classes, as a student you might try to stand out by making contributions in discussions, doing good work, etc. When on the dating “scene”, most people put a better version of themselves forward to try to stand out to potential partners.
high	These sorts of thoughts and behaviors occur in many arenas. Some other situations include political campaigns, auctions, and more.
high	You would see similar kinds of competitive thoughts and actions in a real governmental structure, and also in sports even though it’s more physical
low	Doing your part is being cooperative, such as in a group project. This includes putting in as much effort as everyone else. When you put less effort, that lowers the project quality as a whole and it is unfair to others who put more effort it. Deciding on how the project will be done is also cooperation, including what methods to use and who is doing what. If you disagree with the part you are assigned , not cooperating would be just saying no you don’t want to. But cooperating would be giving a valid reason why you’re not fit for that assigned role
high	I could see this coming up in a school environment or in a sports environment.
low	By working as a team, we could work more productively and get more done. This is a dynamic that can be seen in almost any other work environment where it takes a team working together to get more done and be more efficient.
high	Any situation where you feel pretty certain you hold more of the power or authority over other competitors
high	I think in the online world and just in business in general everyone is striving to make the sale so people will be cut throat and undercut their competitors and I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. I think it is just the way business works.
low	Some other situations might include traveling as a group, cohabiting with roommates, and working on team projects at work.
high	I work in a production/manufacturing environment. Even though I’m hourly and I’m paid until the work is done, in many cases I’m not interested in being on the clock any longer than I need to be, even if it costs me a few dollars. This can lead to me planning steps ahead at work to anticipate what I need and where I need to be in order to facilitate my departure
high	There’s always competition in the workplace for growth opportunities. Everyone wants to position themselves to enhance their skills and value to the company, creating advancement opportunities.
low	I am currently getting my teaching credential to be a special education teacher so it is likely that I will need to co-teach often. I think another situation might be when I have to schedule my IEP meetings, which is essentially a meeting where I need to meet with a student’s parents and all the staff related to their care. These meetings generally involve around 5-6 adults and requires my extensive knowledge of the student’s performance in the classroom. However, being able to work cooperatively with other adults to better enhance my care of my student is another situation that I will definitely stumble upon.
low	When people are in an emergency, they need to cooperate to take care of everyone. When a large group of people work on anything together, they need to cooperate.
high	Debate teams, sales reps in different territories. They all do research ahead of time to be prepared and get ahead of everybody.
low	Cooperative thoughts and behaviors also play a big role in the office. Without everyone having the same end goal, different personalities could clash frequently. When we set our heads toward the common objective and each do our respective parts, we are able to succeed.
high	I enjoy competition, so I will almost always look for ways to be most effective in whatever the task is. I remember one time doing a “trash clean-up” competition in a local park and I skipped over cumbersome items so that I could collect a lot of little small things.
low	Playing in a sports team and working together to win against the opposing team.
low	Whenever I am part of a committee or in a department-wide we do a lot of cooperative work on a number of different issues.
low	Any work or personal life situation that has multiple people thinking about improving a process or quality of life and has different ideas on how to best achieve that. For example, spouses wanting to improve their home and determining the best way to go about that while hearing each other’s priorities out.
low	We will be on assignment again next week and although we do not anticipate a computer crashing we will be working as one .
low	I believe in work and school you can find collaboration there. Especially in group projects in school these thoughts and behaviors are needed.
high	people can be competitive in school when it comes to who gets the best grades or for sure in sports when it comes to who will win in a game or a match.
low	Taking care of grandparents and elderly family members. It helps when there are multiple other people willing to help and take turns meeting the needs of elderly family members.
high	Two areas that stand out to me are sports and work. For sports, this is common and is a dynamic I have personally experienced in baseball games. It’s a mental ferocity to win. In work, it can reveal itself in getting in early, staying late, and doing whatever you can to get a promotion.
low	Family issues. We probably get together to talk about major issues in the family and try to solve them together. Also maybe community problems.
high	Participating in sports is one answer for sure. Competition is the entire point of sports: two sides competing against each other for dominance in a situation. Playing video games is another situation. It’s similar to sports in that you are pitted against at least one other person (or a computer) as you attempt to win the game.
high	I feel like competitive dynamics can be found in many different circumstances such as sports or events in which something has to be won. Whether its pride, money, or something else, the goal is essentially that everyone is consenting to the dynamics. If there is competition where it is not appropriate, that would create a more toxic work environment.
low	Other situations can be when we have to communicate through teams to help each other out on different situations that might arise. When we do not know an answer we each help each other and guide each other to the right information.
low	I could see similar behavior happening in Black Lives Matter type of events. I am pro-Palestine and believe that this type of behavior would also be beneficial. Not just social justice events, but I think this would be helpful in spiritual communities.
high	Other situations where I might find or see similar kinds of competitive thoughts and behaviors are competing to get a promotion and sibling competition.
high	At work place i would see this behavior for promotion.
low	Another situation is prior to commencing any work, the work team, myself, my supervisor and other higher up individuals will all gather and conduct a formal brief outlining the job, manuals associated, and key issues that could result. Within these brief, the entirety of people there effectively communicate thoughts and questions necessary to allow the future job to go as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
low	Cooperation could also be found in having to work on a project together.
high	I often struggle with feeling a sense of competition with many things in my life. I am working on training myself to not feel immediate competition with other moms, my co-workers, and even my sister. I was raised in a very competitive household where my sister was often my adversary and I was made to compete with most girls I encountered.
low	I seek cooperation in most of my activities. I am on a trivia team where success comes from working together, and in my relationship with my wife and as a parent I work to collaborate rather than engage in conflict whenever possible.
high	I have these similar kinds of thoughts at work. I think that if I try harder than the others and I take more classes, I will get ahead faster than the rest of my coworkers.
low	working at different places, being a first responder, parenting, working for a non profit.
high	If im a nba player and the diet routine im doing is making sure im healtlty for every playoff game . Im not sharing the secrets because usually the most healthy team wins the chip.
high	Yes, these competitive dynamics can also be between individuals / people on a team. I have noticed some of this in various circumstances, when a person might feel threatened or insecure and becomes competitive for no reason. In some cases, the competitiveness does not make them improve, but can distract from productivity.
low	You could find similar behaviours in other work environments, in school settings, in emergency situations, in athletic situations, etc.
high	I feel like this happens sometimes in family rivalries. Though, I feel like academic rivalries are also pretty common.
high	This type of competitive thought and behavior can be seen in relationships and business. When one wants to advance in life or to obtain something, you need to watch your competition fully and make sure that you are not also displaying negative actions or behaviors.
low	In a teaching setting, having an assistant can be helpful with engaging and remaining the children on task in the classroom. Having someone to help complete the agenda, especially in younger age groups, can help run a classroom more smoothly, as more eyes and ears to attend to the students.
high	The only real type of competition I have experienced is akin to being competitive against your teammates on a sport team and training more, running harder, staying more mentally aware, because you want to win their respect as a legitimately superior talent. In these situations it is common to have a “rival” or a “competitor” but it is more like “they are running fast so I must run faster” than a “they are running faster so I must kick them in the shin” type of thing.
low	I think in my job cooperative dynamics are very important. We are a large team who are dealing with complicated situations at all times. Everyone needs to work together and communicate as much as possible in order for things to run smoothly and the public not get upset about their experience.
low	A baseball team, where the outfielders and infielders, as well as the coaches and training staff work together to achieve a goal. Or, all the people who work in Wal-mart who are responsible for successful shifts/days. It’s all the same.
high	Politicians, sports teams competing, business people competing for jobs
high	Actual competition comes to mind. I participated in piano competitions which I always excelled at as the stakes were not really that important to me, so I didn’t put that much mental stress on myself if I won or not. But I’d watch other pianists being nerve wracked as if it were a life or death situation, or in reality, something more like a scholarship was on the line. Some would get very cut throat while others would seemingly have nervous breakdowns. I can also see competitive thoughts and behaviors among people in a friend circle with multiple people seeking out the alpha position, or “leader” of the group.
low	A multi-vehicle car accident. Boarding a plane. A class group project. A barn-raising.
high	Getting into something like medical school where programs are competitive and cut-throat.
high	During a sports game, when players must go against each other; when trying to get hired for a certain role at a company; obtaining funding for organizations.
low	I think when raising a child it’s roughly the same, you take turns addressing the needs of the child. Or you can also split duties to get done faster and make more sense for both. No reason why heating up one bottle requires 2 people, it should be one person while the other does the diaper or something else.
low	Working on home renovation projects requires similar cooperative thoughts and behaviors in order to move quickly and efficiently to get the project finished quickly.
high	Well any type of athletics/games of course will. But even in the workplace when trying to gain a higher position or even just better pay in your same position can easily take you to a competitive nature even if it’s just you competing with yourself.
high	I believe the scenario I described of trying to receive the promotion can be applied to any competitive situation. Training as much as possible and learning as much as possible are the most successful contributing factors when navigating a competitive situation.
high	I always find it competitive when someone wants to do something that I feel better in.
low	I found cooperative behavior at a team function in sports. Also in board game nights.
low	You might see these kinds of cooperative thoughts and behaviors in a relationship between spouses where they disagree about something. In both situations it’s important to listen to one another and try to see the viewpoint or perspective of the other person.
high	In academia there is IMMENSE competition for resources, to publish, and for positions that are tenure track
low	Working with new coworkers, in my marriage, in family dynamics
high	In business it is necessary to be competitive in order to gain the customers.
high	High stakes sales environments often foster this, where individuals are pitted directly against each other for clients and commission. You also see it when vying for limited resources or prestigious project assignments with an organization- people can get very territorial and see colleagues as rivals for opportunities. And certainly, the initial stages of a crowded job market or competition for limited spot in top-tier education programs can feel very cut throat, focusing purely on getting ahead individually.
low	I think these situations can be found in any team sport, any work environment, and virtually any scenario in which two or more people have to collaborate.
low	Cooperative thoughts and behaviors can be found everywhere in the world. Whether it be in business, politics, families, and friendships. I see it all the time among my coworkers and family. When everyone has a singular goal, it provides focus and centers everyone’s thoughts to achieving success.
high	yes, you should always be minfull when interacting with other people
high	trying to win a contest, trying to be promoted, trying to get a job, trying to get an interview for a job
low	The first thing that comes to mind is unions. I think unions allow for workers to come together to find common ground and get treated fairly.
high	Sports is the most prototypical example, but any competition can elicit that sort of behavior. I knew someone who danced and even in a performance where they are not competing against someone else, the competition was against their fellow dancers and themself.
low	Yes, If everyone gets together to help in situations where being cooperative is needed a lot can be done.
low	People working to get a bill or a law passed may need to cooperate and help each other. People working to meet deadlines at work will also benefit from working together
high	Other board games qualify obviously. Card games too - especially when money or prizes are on the line. Sports definitely qualify. Some work environments may encourage this sort of thing as well
low	I think in anything where there is a outward facing component and a behind the scenes. For example, someone markets a product, someone else transfers that interest into action, and finally someone gets the product to the person. If one of the people wasn’t doing their job, the flow of production would cease.
low	If one sales person has too many clients, they can suggest a new person be brought to service those clients and then they can give a better service to their existing clients
low	Some other situations where you might find or see similar kinds of cooperative thoughts and behaviors are while participating in team sports or while fundraising or volunteering for a common goal. You also see this while organizing in support of a common political issue or movement. Cooperative dynamics are also common while working on a school project or while trying to achieve an award as a team like during trivia night at a local restaurant.
high	The competitive dynamics in my example were limited. I’m not generally a competitive person. I competed against my competition by showing up early/on time, being available and attentive to customer’s needs, delivering on promises, and developing a long term relationship so that the competition would have a tough time getting their foot in the door in the shipping department at these companies. Many service and sales jobs compete for customers in this way, like restaurants or wholesale retailers.
high	I think I could see things like these in any competition that requires creativity and producing some sort of product. Perhaps an inventors competition or painting or anything else that may fall in the line of artistic endeavor.
low	Some other situations where those dynamics might exist are in the workplace when collaborating with colleagues and during social activities such as games and sports. These dynamica could arise in many situations though when working together is more beneficial than going through something alone.
low	A woman might fall, and it would take somebody to lift her, and another person to check if she is injured. A person might have their car break down and require the help of a few people
high	I think any situation in which money is involved would relate to my thoughts and behaviors when I was in the interview. When your living is on the line you do what it takes.
high	In general having people tell me I’m wrong, when I know I’m not.
low	I think you could find them in a friendship or relationship, boy scouts or a team mate deal.
low	a family saving for a vacation, or a new car or something that all can enjoy.
high	I think that you see this competitive drive often in close relationships- even outside of sports- you see it with husband and wife- trying to out do each other or one up each other, siblings that have that “natural rivalry” etc
high	Another situation where you might see competitive thoughts/behaviors is during another sporting event, like a soccer or basketball game. You may also see competitiveness during school or college admissions.
high	Any kind of sport event/competition. Also in a work environment where getting the most sales during a time period gets a reward.
low	Ants work together as a group, and I find it fascinating to watch as they work, and they have their own way to communicate. I’ll give them a few tiny breadcrumbs, and watch them gather and carry them. I see them collaborate and “talk” to each other, and it’s just so interesting. Some of the ants will carry leaves that are bigger than their own bodies, and they work together to accomplish a shared task.
high	I think you see this a lot in academic settings too. In graduate school, there was an underlying need to be the top performing student even though in the long run there was not a prize or valedictorian or anything like that. We would stick to small study groups or even study alone to get an edge on our classmates. Some of us would even choose to do group projects alone as well.
low	I think you see cooperative behaviors like this in situations such as participating on a sports team, working in a hospital or restaurant, and even at home. While at home, if you have several siblings, you may have incidents where you need to be cooperative for the greater good and overall peace of the household.
low	Construction- Foremen, electricians, plumbers, laborers, financing, insurance, government permits. All are needed to build homes and businesses Education- Superintendents, HR, Educators, Safety Officers, Coaches. All are needed to foster a learning environment for one child
low	Similar cooperative dynamics can be found in clinical settings during patient care, when nurses, doctors, and support staff must work as a team to ensure the best outcomes. You also see it in group projects at school or work, where collaboration, shared responsibilities, and open communication lead to more creative and effective results. Even in emergency situations, like responding to a code in a hospital, success depends on trusting your team, acting quickly, and supporting each other. In all of these, the key is valuing everyone’s role and working toward a common goal.
high	In other sporting events I guess? I’m honestly not a very cutthroat or competitive person, and my job is not one that rewards that kind of behavior so I’m somewhat at a loss
low	I think any situation where people have a shared goal, such as work, sports, or other team activities there are cooperative situations that arise. I think our volleyball team I play on in a league coming up with a game plan and working to make sure our weaknesses and strengths are worked on is a good example.
low	Our team helps each other anytime there is a tough case or if someone has questions they cannot answer on their own. It can also happen when a person in the community needs help and others join in to assist, everyone working as one group.
high	Any jobs where people have formal training vs people who learned their skills organically will always have situations like I described, with the formally trained people thinking they are superior.
low	In emergency situations it is likely that people cooperate, but typically one person has to take charge of the situation. For example in some emergency situations there may be a bystander effect, where everyone waits for someone else to take action and so nobody acts. Cooperation is most effective when there is some training prior. When people are trained to work cooperatively it is more seamless.
low	Yes, helping individuals always has positive benefits. I have experienced this in many other work situations in addition to non work situations. Recently, dangerous weather created unsafe conditions in my community. Many members stepped up to offer assistance. This cooperation did not go unnoticed.
high	In my workplace, meetings and sales reports get very competitive. In everyday golf interactions. My neighbors and I have a competitive yard mowing competition as well.
high	In nearly any workplace I think this kind of competitive behavior can be found. Even in more collaborative enviroments, people want their ideas heard and recognized.
low	You might also see cooperative dynamics in sports, since everyone is on a goal with a shared objective. Another situation is medical professionals during an emergency.
low	I would assume in most other maintenance positions, also the majority of careers that have large projects.
high	Online games, any competition based event, working out in public, comparing to peers in success.
high	I think my situation can apply to anyone who finds themselves hungry or in starvation, or even a parent trying to feed their family. You often go into this survival mode where you will do anything necessary to get you or your family the needs for survival, even if it includes lying or stealing. I understand why people living below the poverty lines in America, and in areas where there is food scarcity, why there is higher crime rates; there is a direct correlation.
low	Cooperative thoughts and behaviors can also be seen in sport teams.
low	I feel that in the office you can have similar situations when working on a project or task. I feel that working together during a trip helps as well. You can help each other get more done. I think that in a household, working together helps you get tasks and chores done too.
low	Cooperative thoughts and behaviors are important in multiple kids of settings. In a workplace setting, in a classroom and in relationships. Being cooperative makes any situation easier to deal with.
high	A situation where you might find competitive behaviors are educational environments, where students may not help each other in order to get the highest grade in the class (in primary/secondary school settings) or a better recommendation from a professor (in college settings). A second situation include friendship groups where people are competing for each others favor, especially if conflict is already occurring. A third situation is civic and political groups, where people may withhold information/promote themselves in order to attain certain offices or positions. Finally, this behavior may happen in other workplaces.
high	You would see this kind of competition in things like trying to get into a top college, where everyone is pushing hard to stand out with grades and activities. It is also common in sports, especially when there’s a starting spot up for grabs, and you’ve got to outshine your teammates to earn it. Or even in sales, where everyone’s trying to hit the highest numbers tp win that big bonus, you’re doing whatever it takes to beat the others to the punch
low	Cooperative thoughts and behaviors probably occurs in situations where there is a common goal especially in high-risk or high-reward circumstances.
high	I think in most cases when someone is trying to take advantage of you, or get one over you, it is best to think competitively and try to beat them out.
low	Working together with a spouse, coworker, strangers helping each other - there are lots of different scenarios like this.
low	You might find these kind of Cooperative Dynamics in a work team setting and also in team sports where everyone is working for a common goal.
low	Everyone takes a role in cleaning the house, like choosing who does what chore. Taking turns when driving.
low	In any organization there is a need for cooperative behaviors.
high	Anytime a kid is bullied and they decide to teach the bully a lesson. They get fed up of the treatment they receive so they decide to do something about it.
high	When you are dating someone who also is datibg others. You would treat the date better because you know they have options.
high	I could see competitive thoughts and behaviors like that in classrooms, amongst family members / siblings, and amongst friends. Friendly competition in other aspects can inspire us to try new things.
low	In the workplace with other coworkers working at tasks at hand and focusing on getting everything done together
low	In business a lot of times we work as a team. The better the business does, the better individual employees do and the more benefits become available to individual employees. This also applies to parenting. Parenting is hard. One has to work together with their spouse to make sure they are being the best parent they can be while also fulfilling their household and work duties.
high	This can be found everywhere. There are work and school situations. Even at home, siblings compete over various things. Even regular everyday people look at strangers and compare themselves to them and probably rank themselves against them.
high	This would happen at school where I am comparing test results with my classmates.
low	It the work place environment a lot times different departments will have to cooperate their thoughts and behaviors to find a common goal.
low	Working with family and friends to complete or help each other.
low	We flooded the building and worked together to get it cleaned up.
high	These thoughts and behaviors are likely to come in handy regarding any athletic event.
low	My Church had a fundraising project which was aimed at completing the church building. I made sure we achieved a collective success and also strengthened communication and shared ideas among team members, which led to better organization and task delegations
high	You can see similar competitive thoughts and behaviors in the tech world or in corporate America, where a lot of people are focused on advancing their careers and looking for recognition.
low	I was cooperating with my sister and brother to figure out a plan for what to do with my dad. He had been diagnosed with dementia and between the doctors and us, we were trying to figure out what would be the best course of action.
high	I would say in the workplace, this is very common. People want to be perceived as smarter or better so they might work hard to learn more and display their knowledge.
high	I think others might use these behaviors when they are trying out for different sports or trying to make a team of some sort.
high	People are competitive in everything. Not everyone but most people feel competition in sports, work and relationships
low	Another situation where cooperative thoughts and behaviors matter is deciding where to eat for dinner in a family of 6. While this seems like a very small situation, arguing with 6 hungry people can be extremely stressful. Remaining calm and making sure that every family members opinion is listened to is important when trying to make a decision that can satisfy everyone involved. Another situation could be trying to plan a vacation with a family of 6 people that are mostly adults. Trying to sort through costs and peoples’ vacation times from work can be difficult and hard to deal with. Remaining calm and making sure everyones’ finances and time are taken into consideration can be a big deal when trying to plan a large family trip.
high	Work experiences are the big obvious one, trying to get a bonus or promotion. Sometimes getting merchandise that is limited can be very competitive.
low	When each member of my family wants to do something entirely different from the others, we create a fair environment so that everyone is happy.
high	I see competitive thoughts and behaviors during games, athletic events, quizzes, and in crowded areas such as a mall or stadium.
low	Family situations and outings can have the same results.
low	Within a live/breaking news situation, it’s important that the entire crew knows their particular roles and be familiar with them. From teleprompter operator to camera operator to audio operator, everyone has a vital role to play in making sure the broadcast is on point and flowing effectively.
high	Obviously in sports. This one occasion in school I was set up with another person I dodnt know to compete in badminton. We ended up being top of the class.
low	Cooperative dynamics occurs in group settings, team projects, family events, etc.
low	In terms of training or team mergers, allowing for cooperative thoughts and behaviors allows for the tasks and needs of each team to be considered. Cooperation allows for seamless integration of the two teams with less hassle
low	A similar kind of cooperative thoughts is in sports, or a workplace, or even a volunteer event. Everyone works together to achieve one goal.
low	In many sectors of professional work, you are required to work well with others, whether that’s occasionally or everyday. In politics, politicians from all sides of a political spectrum have to set aside their differences and work cooperatively to get stuff done. When people come together to aid a country that has suffered a natural disaster, they have to work cooperatively in any way that will help those people in need.
high	I think any situation that you are looking to be on top of the list such as schooling are similar to this situation. By preparing and studying you are putting yourself above others that did not do the same.
low	Other situations where somebody might need a favor done for them might be picking somebodies shift up at work, or watching a family member’s kid for them.
low	Back in college days, I was doing project with team and found out that some people doesn’t want to cooperate with team, instead just for grade they were doing something. We discussed multiple times what needs to be done, but some people required more attention and support to make them work with team and understand their value in the group. We started talking about the project one by one, and we agreed start together. Once we are started working together it was all breeze and everyone was offering or doing something to advance our project.
low	You could also find similiar cooperative behaviors with someone having a garage sale or an estate sale.
low	I had a friend who worked a retail store and regularly her and her co-workers would work together on each others chores, like sweeping, bathrooms, etc, to get them done quicker.
high	some people do that to becoming the highest performer, or most recognized.
low	we put our differences and dislikes aside and joined together on our collective issue
high	Competing with others to buy things like limited edition items, concert tickets, or anything else with limited quantities is a similar experience in terms of competitiveness
high	In any situation, like you tell someone some information and they run and tell this info to someone else that really matters, and act like they are the ones who found out this info for them.
low	You could see similar kinds of cooperative thoughts or behaviors at Hospitals were doctors and nurses need to work together to help patients in need. This could also be seen at Schools where teachers, kids and parents need to work together. This could also be found at police stations, airports, grocery stores, And all kinds of places.
low	When somebody is having trouble getting something to work, and someone else makes suggestions, helping then come to a solution together.
high	As I mentioned, in games and sports competitiveness is common and often expected for success. Competitiveness may also be found in the workplace, depending on the environment and type of people involved. Competitiveness may also be found in basically any group of people, though it is also often detrimental to maintaining good relationships.
high	This can be found in any work place that is goal oriented. Situations where team goals and individual progress are tracked indepth.
low	You might see some of these cooperative thoughts in other situations like team sports, church, or even in your own relationships.
low	A lot of animal rescue efforts I’ve been a part of have required at least two sets of hands. Having someone else around with the same goal makes wrangling stray cats and dogs much easier.
low	At any construction site they are probably divvying up the work. At any school project at a class with students who actually want to do well. At a conference where coworkers are sharing their strategies of getting work done.
high	I pretended to be a competing supplier in order to get a more favorable price on a large procurement for my organization
high	In multiplayer video games it is easy to get caught up in a competitive streak and do try your beast to defeat your opponents. In a fighting game, for example, you could exploit patterns that your opponent displays throughout a match, or “train” your opponent to react to a certain move you repeat consistently only to switch up your play style and throw them off later.
high	The dynamics can be found in schools where students fight to be at the top of the class, or in sport teams like football where players want to impress their coach for a first pick.
low	You would find similar kinds of cooperative thought and behaviors in team sports and friend activities such as Escape Rooms.
low	Similar kinds of cooperative thoughts and behaviors might be found in a work or school environment
low	We cooperate by making sure that every girl spends some time w0orking a booth. When they work a both they must talk to the customers, tell them the prices, take money, and make change. The products sell better when someone yells for attention and someone describes the variety of cookies. They girls must take turns and work together.
high	I would say situations like Black Friday deals. Where mant people are all looking for the same items, and often times the ones that are willing to put in the most effort, end up with the item. Because they dedicated themselves.
low	Students working together. One student might do a part of an assignment they are strong in and the other student does the other part.
low	If everyone sees his contribution as an important part of something that is greater than the sum of its part, then beauty can result.
high	This kind of competitive behavior can be found in sports, video games, and other competitions. Anything that has a clear winner can be related to this.
high	On the job we have metrics we go by to make bonuses at the end of the month. It is competitive and sometimes I make it and sometimes I don’t
high	In a work place setting taking competitive risk that some people may not be comfortable taking, like moving across the country for a new job, or advocating for better pay and why you are a better candidate than other may put you in a more advantageous career position. In my workplace, I have to be very assertive and potentially hurt other individual’s feelings in order to ensure general safety of patients in a sports setting. For example, if someone is injured “on the field” sometimes parents with no medical background may try to assist but unintentionally do more harm than good. I have to be assertive and tell them to move or physically move them away from the patient in order to ensure they get appropriate care.
low	Some times my coworkers get overwhelmed with the tasks that they need to get done. We as a group always chip in to help get little things done to take the pressure off.
high	Any competition or sport, especially when there is some sort of prize or reward offered.
high	There’s a lot of competitive dynamics in a workplace and some are healthy. Teammates competing to make the best product or most accessible website can grow by improving on each other’s faults.
low	Cooperation takes place in friendships and relationships all the time! It may be cooking together, cleaning up afterwards, or even deciding as a group to take a break from socializing and hang out independently.
high	The other ones that came to mind were oddly enough school for me. My friends and I loved to compete in classes and try and out do each others grades. We had fun though and it wasn’t nasty behavior or anything and I really enjoyed when friends took education seriously and would compete with it.
low	Other situations where you might find cooperative dynamics are in the dynamics of different family structures.
high	When I’m at the gym and talk to other people that go to the gym, when I’m talking about lifting and how much I can lift and what others can lift I feel a sense of competition because I want to push myself harder and harder to lift heavier weight and to be as strong as I can.
high	Any type of situation where many people are trying to earn one thing would create that situation. Lottery games to earn top prizes even though being an active participant is more or less psychological. Team sports to earn a championship trophy.
low	I think similar things happen in a lot of team-based activities, such as sports teams, as well as other situation like study groups for college, or friends who are trying to achieve a common goal when playing a video game. Although not to the scale of work, there are a lot of syngergies possible when multiple people are working for the same goal.
low	I think the same is true for the workplace. People tend to have only their best interests in mind. Whether it is the managers, owners, or regular employees. This leads to tension and turnover. If we focused more on helping each other at any level than I think we would see more dedication to work, higher pay, and longer tenures.
high	The dynamics aren’t exactly that aggressive. You don’t necessarily know which classes will be super popular. You are working against others you can’t see. The “I have to get there first” mindset I find super common at restaurants and grocery lines and concerts!
high	Athletics, stage or music auditions, new product releases.
low	There are many situations in which similar cooperative thoughts and behaviors can be seen. Any situation in which people work towards a common goal, these behaviors can be seen
low	I have similar cooperative thoughts and behaviors when I was in the military as well. It is drilled into us that you have to be a team player. Honestly I have found that at all of my jobs I have had to behave cooperatively. Different people have different strengths and it just helps to have more ways to look at things
high	You can see it in people who do not have a foundation in Christ Jesus
low	Whenever we are working on a task assignment like training, cleaning, or maintenance of equipment. It always helps for everyone to step up and assist with whatever needs to be done.
low	I also think that work places are another great place to find people working together and cooperating. If that was not being done during the work place, then the job might not be done. I also think it’s very hard, nearly impossible to get work done without talking to other people.
high	I’m sure this could happen in other work situations but potentially with sports as well or competitions within the school say a lower grade level with a higher one.
high	In the service industry, being the first to speak up or ask usually gets what you want. This can relate to time off as well. Those who request days off first usually get them. If somebody else needs those same days it is less likely to happen. If an employee is leaving the company and had really good shifts, often other employees will scramble to try and nab those high money shifts. If you’re good at what you do in the restaurant business, you will be valued and get those shifts. Always put the aces in their places. Even if someone else is new to the company and has skills, you still have to prove yourself and you have to be the first to speak up.
high	Competitive behaviors can be seen in situations such as job promotions and also tryouts for sports teams.
high	It’s pretty common in my work, although it’s not something with terrible consequences if you’re unsuccessful. We had a client once who seemed unemployable, everybody was trying to find something for him. I walked across the street for lunch one day, to a place where all of us went often, and ended up talking with the manager, also not unusual, and mentioned my client. They needed someone and told me to bring him over, I went back and got him, and he had a job at the end of the day. The other counselors were wondering why they had never thought to ask when they were there.
high	In friendship groups, sometimes you need to behave in a competitive way if you know you can’t trust the other people in that group. If you embody a certain trait more than another person in that group, you are more likely to remain in that group if it has some sort of benefit to you. I suppose this could apply to romance as well, if you’re in competition with your romantic partner. Competition in school can foster academic success, too.
low	I think in larger meetings when there is something new and exciting is another time where this situation comes up.
high	If someone is aiming for a promotion at work, treating the scenario as a competition may be a way that a worker tries to get ahead. Any time limited resources are involved, it can bring out competitive behaviors.
low	I would see similar situations when kids are asked to work together to complete an event or to orchestrate an activity for their peers.
high	I think it really depends on the person, but in general, situations where ‘only one or few’ can win will breed the most competitive behaviors. Important events like job interviews, promotions, or general competitions (ex: sports)would be the most likely times this would happen. Though it could also happen casually with friends for something mundane like video games, or who can do X or Y first/fastest.
high	Politics, college, playing sports and pretty much anything you want badly and are willing to make yourself look better than you really are
high	Competitive would have been if I was like I can fight better than you . But that isn’t at all how I reacted .
low	So here I’m to think of a hypothetical workplace situation? I’ll say employees collaborating to come up with the most positive and professional way to address supervision over a workplace situation they find less than acceptable.
high	Anyone in sales has to deal with similar competitive behaviors. We have to make the best impression to win over the client.
low	Medical teams, fast food teams, business projects.
high	I think sports are pretty competitive. My kids’ have classmates they are academically competitive with. I am competitive with my co-workers because I want to be known for having the least mistakes and doing the best job.
high	This competitive nature to outdo your opponent and win can be seen in many situations. Sports, for example. Anybody who’s ever played a sport can tell you that the competitive spirit is what drives them to play harder, focus, and train to constantly do better than their opponents.
low	This can happen in a work team setting or within a community, or even a grass roots initiative. There are lots of scenarios.
low	Doing like events like when they do concerts also require a lot of cooperative dynamics. Somebody has to hire the artist, some other people the venue. People are in charge of tickets. The drinks or food that might be provided. It takes a lot of people working together to put up an event like a concert.
high	When interviewing for new jobs, candidates do their best to sell themselves and prove that they are the most qualified for the job. Even every-day situations can feel competitive. Many people act this way with their colleagues, trying to outdo them for more praise, promotions, and raises. Unfortunately this can get a little toxic.
low	Marketing teams, landscaping teams, teams of surgeons.
high	Playing sports, competing for a job or position at an organization.
high	I see competitive thoughts when I play sports. Intramurals in college.
high	I’m competitive by nature. Even growing up playing sports and being competitive with my siblings. We’re all adults but still have that competive edge. Last month we had a family feud with College Basketball March Madness. I won the entire thing beating out 22 other family members and friends. I know gte to wear the Champion gold necklace/ring all year long at family events. It’s competive, light hearted FUN!
high	In a job, you might want to act fast to get a promotion that is being offered. This also affects your salary so it is about protection as well. Protecting your salary.
low	We worked towards a common goal at the church drive by helping each other with the food drive. Having meetings beforehand with open feedback and active group efforts to arrange the food drive.
low	This kind of cooperation happens at home when keeping everything going smoothly, or even in video games.
high	I have experienced similar feelings when I was younger and was jealous of my female friend’s other friends. Feeling like I had to compete for their time, attention, etc. Seeing a social media post of a get together I was not invited to would hurt a lot, especially if I knew more than one of the people involved.
low	I take this approach in a lot of things, even outside of my professional life. I find that if I work with people, I’m more likely to get an outcome that I desire. It could be with getting my nephews to behave, or it could be to get favors from coworkers. I work with them on their projects, and they are more willing to work with me.
low	Other places I see this are within my household, interactions with friends and acquaintances, and sometimes in public with strangers when a degree of cooperation helps everyone involved.
low	I think in any group setting you would find these dynamics. Not everyone is good at everything, so delegating tasks to people who are good at them is the best way to gain efficiencies.
high	Working on a project or contest to find what others are doing and what you can do better.
high	I might see more competitive behaviors would be in people who are jealous and strive to be better than that person.
high	In other job settings I think coworkers are competitive.
low	In parent and child relationships, when figuring out different situations related to home and or school. Married couples often have to work together to move through life’s challenges.
high	These type of competitive dynamics can be found in any situation in which you provide rewards for tasks
high	Work meetings and work dialog is one. I always felt like I was in direct competition with a former coworker. Also in sports and even at the gym, I feel a need to prove I can be the best.
high	In other work situations outside of healthcare I have seen people try to get other people fired. Job security can prevent other’s from do right instead of wrong.
low	You’d see similar cooperative thoughts and behaviors in any culinary setting. For example in the back of the house, a cooking line will have staff at stations to ensure quick processing of orders or in the front of the house, serving staff will know to check on the clients on a regular basis to ensure they feel they are being attended to. It’s all about teamwork and cooperation.
high	I see competitive dynamics in not only the work world, but also in professional sports. Often times, more competitive individuals tend to go further in achieving their goals than those who sit idly by.
high	Anyone who is trying to be successful in competitive fields (influencer, blogger, athlete, broadcaster) probably has a certain formula they could follow to be successful. My job is way more collaborative than competitive although I suppose the band, orchestra, theatre, etc, also compete.
low	you can find similar cooperative dynamics in team sports, where players rely on each other’s skills and communicate constantly to win as a group. Another example is in the workplace, especially during big projects or deadlines, where collaboration and mutual support help everyone meet shared goals efficiently.
low	You might find similar initiatives in HR departments or in foodservice/retail industries where people work closely together and often one job depends on another. You may also find this on a sports team or in a school setting.
high	Jockeying for leadership positions. Even if I don’t want the role, I feel required by my drive to compete and it makes me try to be better.
low	I think working together to get a new set of rules applied can happen in multiple different situations, and settings. Examples being, school, factories, with sports teams and any group that could be working together.
low	As mentioned, every day living as a group of four requires cooperation from all parties. For starters, we only have on bathroom, so we are very observant of each other’s behaviors, needs, and wants to be successful household members. We find that sharing, adhering to specific consistent roles, and ample communication make this cooperation easy.
low	These cooperative ways of doing things could be beneficial in multiple situations, such as coordination at a grocery store, navigating a new city, working in an office, etc.
low	Helping each other out to accomplish tasks. Giving each other a chance to share ideas, and as a group decide on the best course of action.
low	You can see this on sports teams or really any sort of activity or environment where there are multiple people who are working together for a common goal.
low	When we are struggling with a patient and don’t know how to proceed, we all collectively cooperate in sharing ideas and plans to assist.
low	In any situation where I may disagree with someone, I can try to be openminded and listen to what they have to say. I can be curious about their thoughts and then potentially sharing mine. By both being heard and having our questions answer, we have a better understanding of where each other is coming from. We can use this understanding to cooperate with each other and come up with the best solution.
high	When playing games with my friends and family I always want to be the best in everything.
high	Another instance of when I was competative was when I saw someone close to me losing weight and how great they looked, I decided to do the same. Every time we saw each other I wanted to see how she looked and how much we had both lost.
high	Any contest could give you a similar set of competitive behavior I guess. Especially if a money prize is involved, but even a smaller/different prize or no prize at all might inspire that in some people.
high	As I answered the last question, I thought that it really reminded me of sports. I played basketball as a kid and it did feel pretty similar but not quite the same level of importance.
low	Helping together in a emergency situation. Helping each other with a charity drive. Working in a restaurant.
high	School projects where students are asked to complete extra assignments for extra credit. Sporting events where competitors push themselves beyond to place first before others.
low	I would liken it to siblings all looking out for each other to maintain peace in a household. Things tend to go much more smoothly if someone is watching your back and keeping you out of trouble so to speak. It’s similar that feel like my siblings wouldn’t allow anyone to bully me and my coworkers are quick to stand up for me.
high	I would see it mostly in situations where only a single candidate will be chosen, not necessarily sports.
high	I think there are many areas such as sports where there are similar competitive dynamics where a calculated risk can pay off by demonstrating your abilities and willingness to succeed. I think this is also true in relationships to a certain extent as well, or at least in the phase of getting/establishing a relationship where multiple people might want to get dates from a person and you have to take some risk to stand out.
high	My situation is similar to athletes competing for roster spots on teams. It also reminds me of competition TV shows where contestants use their abilities to try and impress the judges.
high	The legal field, overall, is very cutthroat, especially in corporate spaces. I don’t come across this as much in my line of work.
high	Spots are limited in many programs, and other situations where these thoughts and behaviors can be see are applying to jobs, applying to academic programs, and applying to anything else where there aren’t spots available for everyone. By telling others about the opening, I am reducing my chances of getting the position.
low	Other situations one might find similar cooperative thoughts and behaviors are company purchases, familial investments (house, car), or tech purchases.
high	Obviously sports would be a situation that this would be good for. If you were in a contest, you could use tactics that aren’t quite so nice to get ahead. Lying about how much money you make could be A. Way to gain more money, while others lose more of theirs when people have to all put money towards the same thing.
high	Working for an award or promotion at work could benefit from this mindset as long as it doesn’t hurt others or negatively impact productivity.
low	Another situation where you would see similar kinds of cooperative thoughts and behaviors is on the football field. It takes all 11 guys working together, and on the same page to achieve. One guy can ruin it for everyone else if he loses focus, so it requires everyone holding each other accountable to get the job done.
high	I see competitive dynamics all over the working landscape I am a part of. Therapists constantly advertise and compete for the same clients to increase their earnings.
low	The cooperative dynamics represented can be found in most times of crisis, for example, the aftermath of natural disasters, traumatic accidents, war, terrorist attacks, etc.
low	I believe you can find similar kinds of cooperation in many other situations in life. This could be shown through comradery among co-workers, members of a sports team, or even among your friends and family. Sometimes people need a shoulder to lean on, and in many cases this can help them to find the confidence to become a valuable asset to both themselves and those around them.
low	We cooperate in school to complete projects and assignments that are crucial to our learning objectives.
high	I work at a hotel in a area that we need to compete with other hotels to offer the best amenities for the price, or the best value to our customers.
low	Whenever someone who is down on there luck , people can together where we could pick them and show cooperation to make there situation better.
low	You can see similar types of cooperative behavior in team sports that involved having teammates. Team sports force you settle differences and come together as one solid unit.
low	When we’re organizing a party. When we’re putting together some furniture.
low	You can find similar behaviors on a sports team, where the whole team has to cooperate to achieve their goal of winning. Another example can be found in any work team environment, where everyone has to work together to make sure their work gets done successfully. Finally, another example is a worker’s union, where everyone has to cooperate to make sure their rights are upheld and they are treated fairly.
low	You also see such dynamics in the workplace where coworkers look out for each other to protect their common interests. We’ll stick up for each other with nasty customers or unfair work policies.
high	This type of thinking is common in sports and the business world. Atheletes want to prove their the best, by besting their opponents and winning awards. They will focus on becoming the best at the detriment of their body and social life. Businessmen want to present the best product and separate themselves from the competition. They will even use unfair tactics to come out on top.
high	Competition is everywhere. In order to succeed at most things in life, one must compete against someone else. I greatly respect other people and colleagues, but I also want to be the best at whatever I do.
high	competitive advantage is a characteristic or strength a company possesses that gives it an edge over its rivals in the marketplace. Examples include strong brand reputation, innovation, superior customer service, lower costs, and unique or patented technology. These advantages can stem from factors like economies of scale, a skilled workforce, or strategic partnerships.
high	I tend to see those thoughts and behaviors in people that don’t know how to interact with people. I believe working together is better that working against someone.
low	We also work together to complete tasks on the science curriculum. We suggest, decide, and complete our units.
low	Coming together to take action when someone needs help or after an accident - working together to lift things, provide medical assistance. Military operations, SWAT teams
low	I also engaged in similar cooperative thoughts and behavior’s when helping my grandparents move. It required lots of coordination and planning then working together to execute the move. We had to plan which items would go in which vehicles and who would take them. We also had to coordinate parking as there were limited spaces at the new location.
high	I would’ve felt the same way in a race or competition for money.
low	Similar cooperative dynamics can be found in group projects at school where students share ideas and support each others complete assignments. You also see it in sports team, where players rely on one another’s strengths and communicate to win games.
low	I can think of in team sports where players rely on each other to win and their strengths, or in a workplace when working together as a team on projects, in which collaboration is crucial for efficient outcomes
low	During girl scout meetings we sometimes have the girls work together in teams to help them accomplish a goal, like making a blanket for the animal shelter.
high	In sports it’s definitely the same mindset. I participated in a weight loss contest with a couple of friends. They both had much more weight at their disposal to shed, but I set the bar for them early on and dared them to beat it. They ultimately did very well and I ended up losing, but I wasn’t at all upset by the loss. My competitive side brought out their competitive side and we all benefited.
high	I guess you might be competitive in some sort of sports. I haven’t played sports for a while. Maybe you might be competitive with your neighbors in trying to have nicer things than them or a nicer house. I tend to avoid competition.
high	I sometimes see competitive thoughts and behaviors at my workplace. Some people race to get their lines done before others.
low	Working as a case manager I had to collaborate with someone from another facility and we both stayed over past our time to go home to work to get someone admitted to a intensive stay treatment center for their dual diagnoses condition.
low	I have seen many examples of cooperative thoughts and behaviors during my career. I have managed staffs that have all come together for the good of our unsheltered clients. I have also seen cooperation in my church. People have all worked together to volunteer in our community, to care for the children and youth in our Sunday School and Youth Group programs, and to work together in tithing and volunteering to keep the church going.
high	Competition is common between coworkers trying to outperform each other, classmates trying to get the highest grades, and siblings trying to get their parents’ attention. In each situation, individuals may avoid bonding with and relying on others so that they can focus on being the highest achiever. This may prevent bonds from being formed, as each person sees being independent as the best way to be successful.
high	Another situation I would see similar types of competitive behaviors would be when there are openings for promotions at work, everyone is motivated to outshine eachother and this can increase competition. I think another scenario is when there are performance based bonuses, people kind of “race” to the top.
low	During a busy week when coworkers pitch in to help each other meet goals, or when a work team comes together to solve hard or tricky problems. When departments work together on a shared project, everyone brings their own piece of the puzzle and is supportive.
high	When working with other people as a team or individually and being judged based on metrics such as productivity
high	Other situations include scholastic competitions, scholarship opportunities, promotion opportunities at work, and various competitive sports.
high	There is similar competitiveness in the workplace. The workplace can be very cut-throat. Employees are competing for jobs and promotions.
low	I can only assume my same situation would apply to individuals working at a restaurant, a medical center, or even schools. These are places where cooperation is imperative to push through the day. I am sure people on sports teams such as football, soccer, and basketball experience similar situations.
high	Where people are competing for a promotion. Where people are working on a project together and want to get the better review or work assignment.
low	When a group gets together to make a big purchase, like all the roommates in a home pitching in to get the better version of something, like a sofa or food product. Also being at work and trading tasks with your coworkers based on your individual strengths, so that a task can be completed with more ease
low	Work has a lot of it, school, playing sports both for fun or professionally. Our government requires a lot of it to function.
high	Maybe I was playing a game of Monopoly with my family. Then the competitive side of me would come out because I would like to win.
low	You can find this in workplace, between family members and between friends.
low	My job involves much self-sufficiency as well as working in a collaborative team environment to provide the best experience for the customers and improve the company’s success.
low	Other situations where cooperation between people will be helpful are being stuck or lost in an unfamiliar location. Also, being in an unpredictable location.
high	This is a dog eat dog world. Everything is competitivs. Think of a job interview. The employer want the best of the best out of a batch of interviews. He not gonna settle for good enough when he can get the best.
low	I think in an office working on a project it could be helpful. I think a renovation project. An art project. A trip abroad.
high	In the workplace or also In sports. Any time there is a task.
low	I’m certain that working in the repair industry you can also find the same types of situations. In pretty much all industries, people work together to acomplish a common task or goal. Even working for prolific can be seen as a pro-social action that helps accomplish some greater good.
low	When I collect all the data and information that I need to complete our monthly meeting minutes. Everyone who attends that meetings give me their input and information to me so that the minutes can be completed in a timely fashion. I also am grateful when I can get co-workers and supervisers on the same page with me so that I can complete a shift on time at my part time job so that I can attend church on Sunday. I need that.
low	At the agency, everyone has a defined role yet we tap each other to collaborate on diverse topics and projects. We have our specific responsibility and a functional dynamic but still collaborate.
high	A lot people are out here, losing their soul for this rat race. I don’t have to be or need to be in competition.
high	In life outside work I feel a lot of people try to give the appearance of success by bragging in social media and lying about things they talk about to appear more interesting.
low	You can find examples in almost any situation involving organized groups of people. So sports, school, religious gatherings, etc. Anything requiring more than one person to execute and anything that could require multiple people with distinct task sets or objectives would qualify.
high	From playing baseball, the same applies. While being better than you were the last game, and training harder than you did the day before, you bring yourself success and also your squad success too.
high	I imagine you might see something similar in work, where people attempt to compete for bonuses, raises, and/or promotions. I have not had that occur at my workplace. Politics are also pretty cutthroat, especially due to the financial boon that often awaits the victors.
high	You may see something similar in school, where two boys are interested in the same girl. You may also see this in the workplace with the same situation, or it can be two people competing for a promotion.
high	I imagine workplaces can present competitive thoughts. Also social situations around sports like betting.
low	It’s highly unlikely that those cooperative dynamics will be found in many other situations, but nice try.
low	i see this behavior in the workplace where everyone works on a team to accomplish the same goal.
low	Working together, and working toward the same goal, almost always makes things go faster. In school, different people have different idea or understand different things, so more ideas are brought to the table to help everyone. In restaurants, you have people tackling different tasks, but it’s all to reach the same end goal with much less stress than one would have doing it all himself.
low	When there is trust and respect, most are more than willing to cooperate. When this is lacking and there is distrust, people will hold back and no be as cooperative as we would like. Trust needs to be established.
high	At work, some people might put themselves first, even in scenarios where they have made prior agreements or promises.
high	I see this behavior in some jobs such as sales jobs. To earn maximum levels each salesperson need to represent themselves and put their self interest first.
high	Other situations include beating out the competition for a spot in a graduate school program, competing for an internship position, competing for a desirable job.
low	You would see similar cooperative dynamics in real work scenarios. You might also see this in sports teams and with others who need to cooperate to complete household tasks or projects.
high	Getting hired for a job, putting a bid on a house purchase
high	when playing sports with my friends we have competitive dynamics on who will score the most points even if we are on the same team
low	Aside from coworkers, this cooperative dynamic could be easily seen in other situations where you’re working on a shared project with a shared goal. Complicated processes, like buying a house, filing a lawsuit, planning travel, etc. often involve complexities that are often easier to work out with other people and experts.
high	Probably during game show competitions or other even at school where you have to compete to win something such as completing a race the fastest.
high	Sporting events come to mind when I think of competitive dynamics. If you’re not first you’re last.
high	Sometimes at work or in classroom environments, even in situations where people should really be acting as a team, I have observed others as acting competitively. In groups of friends I think competition has even been utilized to bully people or make them feel othered.
high	At work. Bring the most efficient leader or leader who is able to complete tasks and still have a thriving team. Creating an environment of success and value.
high	I think in the workplace i have the same sort of point of view, maybe not as cutthroat since i have to be there everyday but to be able to think outside of the box to get more/new profits.
high	Any classroom opportunity that has a ranking system will spear competitiveness. I think people like to see their name at the top and in all types of school, there is always opportunities to do this.
low	There are so many situations where you might see similar kinds of cooperative thoughts and behaviors, at work and in the home and out in the world
low	I can see other instances in another line of work like a IT department or a call center or a Amazon warehouse. All of these entities work together to get a job done and rely on each other.
low	You generally need to get along with others in life. Not everyone, but most. Otherwise you’ll spend your full day on high alert.
high	Team-building competitive activities and games. You are encouraged to work with your team, while focusing on your own strengths and weaknesses. Blaming your teammates for your own shortcomings is a sign of poor sportsmanship, lowers overall team morale, and decreases performance.
low	Planning events and group trips may involve cooperative thoughts and behaviors because they involve combining the thoughts of multiple folks to achieve a shared outcome.
low	If someone you know breaks down and needs to get their car towed, they may need to arrange for a ride back home and then to the auto mechanic to pick up the car once it’s repaired.
low	Working in a classroom setting, we have to work cooperatively or things will not be successful for ourselves or the children. We collaborate and have to be open to each others ideas for the betterment and success for all involved.
high	You can find these competitive thoughts and behaviors at schools, jobs and also in daily life activities.
low	Cooperative dynamics are common in team projects at work, volunteer events and sports teams where trust, communication, and shared effort lead to achieving common goals
high	Any sport is a classic arena for a competitive drive. Some people treat games like life of death and this gives them an edge.
low	Another situation is when someone in your family has a baby and everyone in the family comes together to support the mother; helping clean, cook, or watch the baby for her.
high	Other situations i can see similar kinds of competitive thoughts and behaviours include sport, businesses, workplace and school.
low	I feel like that same concept is easily carried over into other parts of life and that is why team sports are so great. Any type of group project has a better outcome when you play to different strengths of different people in the group. I don’t personally do group projects in my line of work, but I imagine it works out the same way. Projects with me and my husband work better when we know each other’s strengths and we make ourselves available when the other needs the help.
low	I would think in the engineering field. I did engineering while I was in high school and I remember a time where you had to collaborate with your team to know how to design, make a model, and figure out the dimensions of what you are building.

Relationship expectancies

What leads someone to have good relationships?

Below, we list some attributes and behaviors that a person might display in a group of other people.

What do you think is the impact of each of these things on whether that person has good relationships with others in that group? (1 = Strong negative effect on relationships to 7 = Strong positive effect on relationships)

1. Enjoying having control over other members of the group
2. Often trying to get their own way regardless of what others in the group may want
3. Trying to control others rather than permit others to control them
4. Having members of the group know it is better to let him/her have his/her way

Cronbach’s alpha = 0.8

Influence expectancies

Below, we list some attributes and behaviors that a person might display in a group of other people.

What do you think is the impact of each of these things on whether that person has influence over others in that group? (1 = Strong negative effect on influence to 7 = Strong positive effect on influence)

1. Enjoying having control over other members of the group
2. Often trying to get their own way regardless of what others in the group may want
3. Trying to control others rather than permit others to control them
4. Having members of the group know it is better to let him/her have his/her way

Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89

Self-reported hypothetical dominance

Now, we ask you to think of your ideal behavior and characteristics at work. Tell us how you want to behave and be seen at work in the weeks and months ahead.

Please indicate the extent to which each statement below accurately describes how you want to be at work in the weeks and months ahead (1 = Not at all to 7 = Very much)

1. I would enjoy having control over others
2. I would try to get my own way at work regardless of what others may want
3. I would try to control others rather than permit them to control me
4. Others would know that it is better to let me have my way at work

Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84

Competitive Worldview

1. It’s a dog-eat-dog world where you have to be ruthless at times
   
2. Life is not governed by the “survival of the fittest.” We should let compassion and moral laws be our guide [R]
   
3. There is really no such thing as “right” and “wrong.” It all boils down to what you can get away with
   
4. One of the most useful skills a person should develop is how to look someone straight in the eye and lie convincingly
   
5. It is better to be loved than to be feared [R]
   
6. My knowledge and experience tell me that the social world we live in is basically a competitive “jungle” in which the fittest survive and succeed, in which power, wealth, and winning are everything, and might is right
   
7. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and never do anything unfair to someone else [R]
   
8. Basically people are objects to be quietly and coolly manipulated for one’s own benefit
   
9. Honesty is the best policy in all cases [R]
   
10. One should give others the benefit of the doubt. Most people are trustworthy if you have faith in them [R]

Cronbach’s alpha = 0.8

Analysis

Competitive Worldview

cond	N	Mean	SD
high	294	2.788775	0.8747754
low	293	2.669966	0.8088883

t(581.75) = 1.71, p = 0.088, Lower CI = -0.02, Upper CI = 0.26, d = 0.14.

Relationship expectancies

cond	N	Mean	SD
high	294	2.209184	1.0232122
low	293	2.122014	0.9919634

t(584.55) = 1.05, p = 0.295, Lower CI = -0.08, Upper CI = 0.25, d = 0.09.

Influence expectancies

cond	N	Mean	SD
high	294	2.891157	1.409096
low	293	2.478669	1.306175

t(581.96) = 3.68, p = 0, Lower CI = 0.19, Upper CI = 0.63, d = 0.3.

Dominance

cond	N	Mean	SD
high	294	2.733843	1.204706
low	293	2.429181	1.101786

t(580.74) = 3.2, p = 0.001, Lower CI = 0.12, Upper CI = 0.49, d = 0.27.

Mediation model 1: Relationship expectancies

a = 0.09 (p = 0.295)
b = 0.57 (p = 0)
direct = 0.3 (p = 0.001)
indirect = 0.25 (p = 0.002)

Mediation model 2: Compliance expectancies

a = 0.41 (p = 0)
b = 0.31 (p = 0)
direct = 0.3 (p = 0.001)
indirect = 0.18 (p = 0.048)

Mediation model 3: Simultaneous mediators

Relationship a = 0.09 (p = 0.295)
Relationship b = 0.48 (p = 0)
Influence a = 0.41 (p = 0)
Influence b = 0.13 (p = 0)
direct = 0.3 (p = 0.001)
indirect = 0.21 (p = 0.011)

Correlations

Full sample

Correlation matrix

df_recd_elg %>%
  dplyr::select(CWV:dom) %>%
  corPlot(upper = TRUE,stars = TRUE,xsrt = 270)

Mediation model: Relationship expectancies

a = 0.41 (p = 0)
b = 0.44 (p = 0)
direct = 0.65 (p = 0)
indirect = 0.47 (p = 0)

Mediation model: Relationship expectancies and influene expectancies

Relationship a = 0.41 (p = 0)
Relationship b = 0.37 (p = 0)
Influence a = 0.41 (p = 0)
Influence b = 0.11 (p = 0.001)
direct = 0.65 (p = 0)
indirect = 0.45 (p = 0)

High CWV condition

Correlation matrix

df_recd_elg %>%
  filter(cond == "high") %>% 
  dplyr::select(CWV:dom) %>%
  corPlot(upper = TRUE,stars = TRUE,xsrt = 270)

Mediation model: Relationship expectancies

a = 0.3 (p = 0)
b = 0.43 (p = 0)
direct = 0.62 (p = 0)
indirect = 0.49 (p = 0)

Mediation model: Relationship expectancies and influene expectancies

Relationship a = 0.3 (p = 0)
Relationship b = 0.38 (p = 0)
Influence a = 0.2 (p = 0.034)
Influence b = 0.09 (p = 0.06)
direct = 0.62 (p = 0)
indirect = 0.49 (p = 0)

Low CWV condition

Correlation matrix

df_recd_elg %>%
  filter(cond == "low") %>% 
  dplyr::select(CWV:dom) %>%
  corPlot(upper = TRUE,stars = TRUE,xsrt = 270)

Mediation model: Relationship expectancies

a = 0.54 (p = 0)
b = 0.45 (p = 0)
direct = 0.66 (p = 0)
indirect = 0.42 (p = 0)

Mediation model: Relationship expectancies and influene expectancies

Relationship a = 0.54 (p = 0)
Relationship b = 0.38 (p = 0)
Influence a = 0.63 (p = 0)
Influence b = 0.12 (p = 0.01)
direct = 0.66 (p = 0)
indirect = 0.38 (p = 0)

Order effects

Relationship expectancies first

DV: Relationship expectancies

cond	N	Mean	SD
high	165	2.160606	0.9627005
low	139	2.061151	0.9691069

t(292.64) = 0.89, p = 0.372, Lower CI = -0.12, Upper CI = 0.32, d = 0.1.

DV: Influence expectancies

cond	N	Mean	SD
high	165	2.877273	1.488169
low	139	2.514388	1.373523

t(299.47) = 2.21, p = 0.028, Lower CI = 0.04, Upper CI = 0.69, d = 0.26.