Güth, WernerWernerGüthKliemt, HartmutHartmutKliemtLevati, M. VittoriaM. VittoriaLevati2021-12-082021-12-082009https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/416http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-349Human decision making is a process guided by different and partly competing motivations that can each dominate behavior and lead to different effects depending on strength and circumstances. `Over-stylizing' neglects such competing concerns and context-dependence, although it facilitates the emergence of elaborate general theories. We illustrate by examples from social dilemma experiments and inequality aversion theories that sweeping empirical claims should be avoided.enddc:100ddc:330