Residents living in neighborhoods marked by concentrated disadvantage (i.e., poverty, joblessness, residential segregation) contend with resource scarcity. Theories indicate that competition for resources from an insufficient pool within the context of concentrated disadvantage may be one factor that promotes social norm violations. A limited body of experimental research has explored the impact of concentrated disadvantage on decision-making about obtaining resources, and in other research, the potential connection between concentrated disadvantage and engagement in social norm violation. Participants (N = 112) completed patch-foraging tasks in resource-rich and resource-depleted (i.e., scarce) environments. Participants then completed a social norm foraging task where they could trespass and forage on their neighbor's land, which was resource-rich compared to their own. Computational modeling was used to evaluate explore-exploit decision-making in the resource-rich and resource-depleted environments. The frequency of crossing and foraging was used to capture social norm violations. Results indicated that individuals who experience higher levels of concentrated disadvantage in the real-world made fewer resource-maximizing decisions in resource-rich and resource-depleted environments. Model fits revealed that the performance difference in the resource-rich and resource-depleted environments for individuals higher on concentrated disadvantage was due to difficulty in discriminating between competing choice options and not due to a general bias toward exploring or exploiting. Finally, when foraging in a relatively depleted environment compared to the enriched environment of their neighbor, the majority of participants, regardless of experienced real-world concentrated disadvantage, engaged in social norm violations. Overall, resource scarcity, whether in the real world or experimental context, affects cognition and behavior.

居住在以集中劣势（即贫困、失业、居住隔离）为特征的社区的居民与资源稀缺作斗争。理论表明，在劣势集中的背景下从不足的池中争夺资源可能是促进违反社会规范的因素之一。有限的实验研究探索了集中劣势对获取资源决策的影响，并在其他研究中探索了集中劣势与违反社会规范之间的潜在联系。参与者 ( N = 112) 在资源丰富和资源枯竭（即稀缺）的环境中完成了补丁搜寻任务。然后，参与者完成了一项社会规范觅食任务，他们可以在邻居的土地上侵入和觅食，与他们自己的土地相比，那里资源丰富。计算建模用于评估资源丰富和资源枯竭环境中的探索-开发决策。穿越和觅食的频率被用来捕捉违反社会规范的行为。结果表明，在现实世界中经历较高集中劣势的个人在资源丰富和资源枯竭的环境中做出的资源最大化决策较少。模型拟合表明，在资源丰富和资源枯竭环境中，处于集中劣势的个体的表现差异是由于难以区分竞争选择选项，而不是由于对探索或利用的普遍偏见。最后，与邻居丰富的环境相比，在相对贫乏的环境中觅食时，大多数参与者，无论经历过现实世界的集中劣势，都会违反社会规范。总体而言，资源稀缺性，无论是在现实世界还是实验环境中，都会影响认知和行为。与邻居丰富的环境相比，在相对贫乏的环境中觅食时，大多数参与者，无论经历过现实世界的集中劣势，都会违反社会规范。总体而言，资源稀缺性，无论是在现实世界还是实验环境中，都会影响认知和行为。与邻居丰富的环境相比，在相对贫乏的环境中觅食时，大多数参与者，无论经历过现实世界的集中劣势，都会违反社会规范。总体而言，资源稀缺性，无论是在现实世界还是实验环境中，都会影响认知和行为。