Recall that the "trucking" game (Deutsch & Krauss, 1960, 1962) puts participants in a conflict situation in which each participant wants to get their truck to the destination as fast as they can. Sometimes they gave one participant a gate with which to threaten an opponent; other times, they gave both participants such a gate, and still other times, neither participant had a gate with which to threaten his or her opponent. What was the result

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Eduardo Novak

22 June, 03:13

Recall that the "trucking" game (Deutsch & Krauss, 1960, 1962) puts participants in a conflict situation in which each participant wants to get their truck to the destination as fast as they can. Sometimes they gave one participant a gate with which to threaten an opponent; other times, they gave both participants such a gate, and still other times, neither participant had a gate with which to threaten his or her opponent. What was the result

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Miranda Levine · Answer 1

when only one participant wielded a threat (used the gate to block the opponent), the person with the gate won more money

Ibrahim Weeks · Answer 2

when only one participant wielded a threat (used the gate to block the opponent), the person with the gate won more money

When both participants could wield threats, both sides lost money.