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Use these sample questions to test yourself & to practice for the test. Click on your choice to see if you are right.
1. In a non-zero-sum game,
2. Conflict is defined as
3. In playing the Prisoners’ Dilemma, you would personally obtain the best deal on any given trial if you ________ & the other person _________ .
4. In the Tragedy of the Commons, the “commons” refers to
 stolen goods.
disputed border territory.
any shared & limited resource.
private property that repeatedly changes ownership.
5. In both the Prisoners’ Dilemma & the Tragedy of the Commons, people are tempted to explain their own behavior ____________ & others’ behavior ____________.
situationally; situationally
situationally; dispositionally
dispositionally; situationally
dispositionally; dispositionally
6. The smaller the commons, the more
responsibility each person feels for it.
apathetic people are about its preservation.
intense the conflict among individual members.
the more likely communication will take the form of intimidation & deception.
7. Equity exists when
partners share equally in the rewards of collective effort.
rewards are distributed in proportion to individuals’ contributions.
rewards are distributed in relation to individuals’ needs or deservingness.
group members decide among themselves how rewards are to be distributed.
8. Research indicates that the more people value their inputs, the more likely they are to
feel incompetent & unworthy.
tolerate exploitation from others without any retaliation.
feel that a given outcome from a relationship is sufficient.
feel under benefited in a relationship & inclined to retaliate.
9. The reciprocal negative views that parties in conflict often hold of one another are referred to as
reciprocal illusions.
complementary images.
stereotypic reciprocation.
mirror-image perceptions.
10. Giving carpoolers incentives such as reduced tolls is a real-life example of resolving social dilemmas by
11. In a single play of the prisoner's dilemma game, the highest possible individual payoff goes to a player who:
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