Author Question: The prisoner's dilemma game is an excellent vehicle for studying social conflicts in the laboratory ... (Read 73 times)

CORALGRILL2014 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The prisoner's dilemma game is an excellent vehicle for studying social conflicts in the laboratory because

a. the rules of the game pit self-interest against looking out for someone else's interest.
b. researchers control the strategies participants use.
c. there is one and only one right answer to the problem.
d. there are clear winners and clear losers, and thus reliable dependent variable measures.

Question 2

The key to success in the prisoner's dilemma game is to

a. always be competitive.
b. withdraw when one's partner chooses a competitive response.
c. trust one's partner.
d. respond randomly.