In a Society Consisting of 75% Cooperators and 25% Defectors

question 25

Multiple Choice

In a society consisting of 75% cooperators and 25% defectors, with an 8-unit payoff to a cooperator who interacts with another cooperator and a 0-unit payoff to the cooperator who interacts with a defector, if the cost of scrutiny is 2, the cooperator

• A)should pay the cost of scrutiny even if it were 3.
• B)should not interact with either cooperators or defectors.
• C)should not pay the cost of scrutiny.
• D)will break even by paying the cost of scrutiny.

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