Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Psychonomic Science
Abstract
The present research examined three factors that were thought to affect cooperation in the replicated prisoner’s dilemma game: (1) motivation for participating, (2) understanding of the game, and (3) reward level. Results indicated that both high-understanding instructions and recruiting Ss to participate for money (rather than research credit) promoted cooperation, while reward level had no significant effect. These findings were used to argue that past studies, which tended to show low levels of cooperation for less than 50 replications, generated results that do not validly model real-life conflict.
First Page
238
Last Page
240
DOI
10.3758/BF03329105
Publication Date
1-1-1971
Recommended Citation
Messé, Lawrence A.; Bolt, Martin; and Sawyer, Jack, "Nonstructural determinants of behavior in the replicated prisoner’s dilemma game" (1971). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 516.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/516