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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?

2. What strategy embodied some human psychology aspects according to Chapter 12?

3. What posed a problem for the prisoner's dilemma in Chapter 12?

4. Which game is also known as an "assurance game?"

5. Many believed that game theory games modeled seemingly perfect but inhuman and ____ players.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is backwards induction?

2. What game did people think nuclear warfare modeled and why did this change?

3. Who devised the Stag Hunt game?

4. What were the variables of later versions of the Ohio State studies?

5. What is Bully?

6. What is the madman strategy and how does it affect the game of chicken?

7. What four games are two-person symmetric as detailed in Chapter 11?

8. What happened after von Neumann fell in 1955?

9. In relation to U.S. bomb development who was Harold Urey?

10. What were the Ohio State studies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In real life dollar auctions the author writes about how many a justifiable action, in looking back, becomes the first "defection" in an escalating dilemma. How can you penalize the first bidder for not wanting to waste the "ninety-nine cent profit?" In relation to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union what was the defection? Why was there a defection and how did this dilemma escalate as both sides designed more and more nuclear weapons?

Essay Topic 2

In regards to the Flood-Dresher experiment the author tells a story about honor among thieves to explain the prisoner's dilemma that was first discussed in a paper authored by Flood. What was the original Flood-Dresher experiment like? What are some inherent problems with this dilemma? How can they be resolved for the best possible outcome for each player? What is the worst possible outcome for each player in this game model?

Essay Topic 3

In the 1980s game theory took an unexpected turn and evolutionary game theory was born. How did this happen? What was the logic behind the development of this theory? Aspects of what disciplines were used to create this evolutionary model? How did Robert Axelrod introduce a strategy based in human psychology to the traditional problem found in game theory?

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