In the Experiments Discussed in Chapter 7, Social Scientists Had

question 7

Multiple Choice

In the experiments discussed in Chapter 7, social scientists had subjects in a variety of countries play the "Ultimatum" and "Dictator" games. They found that

• A) the experimental results matched the theoretical predictions of how purely self-interested actors would behave.
• B) the experimental results were similar across a wide range of industrialized democracies.
• C) the experimental results varied greatly across a range of small-scale societies.
• D) the scholars found all of the above to be true.
• E) the scholars found only (B) and (C) to be true.

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