Backward Induction Is a Useful Tool For

question 76

Multiple Choice

Backward induction is a useful tool for:

• A)finding an optimal strategy in a sequential game.
• B)analyzing decisions in a prisoners' dilemma-type game.
• C)finding an optimal strategy in a simultaneous game.
• D)Backward induction is not useful in any of these situations.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.

Generalization

The process in psychology by which a response is made to a stimulus that is similar to, but not identical to, the stimulus that conditioned the response.

Extinction

The process by which a learned behavior becomes less common or disappears altogether when reinforcement is no longer associated with it.

Punishment

A process in behavioral psychology intended to reduce undesired behaviors by applying negative consequences.