What Is the Prisoners' Dilemma

question 334

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 the authorities.

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Definitions:

Interference

An inability to recall a specific memory due to the presence of other memories.

Engrams

Hypothetical units of cognitive information imprinted in the brain that are believed to be the basis for memory.

Memorization

The process of committing information to memory for later retrieval.

False Memories

Distorted or fabricated recollections of events that did not actually happen, often studied in relation to suggestibility and memory formation.