What Is the Dominant Strategy in the Prisoner's Dilemma

question 256

Multiple Choice

What is the dominant strategy in the prisoner's dilemma?

• A)Each prisoner confesses because this is the rational action to pursue.
• B)Do nothing in the hope that the other prisoner will also do nothing.
• C)Do not confess because the other prisoner will most likely confess.
• D)There is no dominant strategy.

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Tendency to be sensitive to the needs of others, including being sympathetic to others’ feelings and placing the feelings of others above one’s own feelings.

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