What Is the Prisoners' Dilemma

question 105

Multiple Choice

What is the prisoners' dilemma?

• A) a game that involves no dominant strategies
• B) a game in which prisoners are stumped because they cannot communicate with each other
• C) a game in which players act in rational, self-interested ways that leave everyone worse off
• D) a game in which players collude to outfox authorities

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Protein located in the plasma membrane or within the cell; binds to a substance that alters some metabolic aspect of the cell.

Latent

Present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential.

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RNA virus, containing the enzyme reverse transcriptase, that carries out RNA/DNA transcription.

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A form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth of a parent, common among yeast and some invertebrates.