A Game Involving Two Players with Two Possible Strategies Is

question 131

Multiple Choice

A game involving two players with two possible strategies is a prisoner's dilemma if each player has a dominant strategy and:

• A)neither player plays their dominant strategy.
• B)each player's payoff is higher when both play their dominated strategy than when both play their dominant strategy.
• C)each player's payoff is higher when both play their dominant strategy than when both play their dominated strategy.
• D)there is a Nash equilibrium that yields the highest payoff for both players.

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Definitions:

Gene Pool

All the alleles of all the genes in a population; a pool of genetic resources.

Bottleneck Effect

A sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events or human activities, resulting in a decrease in genetic diversity.

Gene Pool

The complete set of unique genes within a population or species, constituting the genetic diversity that can be passed through reproduction.