Both are plausible for humans as well, I would say (in a more general sense). Certainly mistake spirals from not quite knowing how to deal with the consequence

Both are plausible for humans as well, I would say (in a more general sense). Certainly mistake spirals from not quite knowing how to deal with the consequences of the first mistake have happened to me personally, and I recall descriptions of people in poverty having to play more aggressively to get a shot at the part of civilization they want to be in, though unfortunately I don't have a source.