Effect of Partner's Response and Communication on
Competitive and Cooperative Game Behaviour
U. Pareek & N. Dixit |
In this study on the effect of communication on
competitive and cooperative behaviour, 10 dyad groups and 10 groups
of 3 members played the MDG, a non-zero sum game under communication
after every 10th trial, and no communication conditions. It was concluded
from results that communication, whether between groups or between
representative of the groups, tends to increase a tendency of a person
to change (feel repentant) from competitive moves to cooperative moves.
The effect of partner's response or strategy was studied by playing
the dame under four conditions: the other player or group being (a)
unilaterally cooperative; (b) unilaterally competitive; (c) reciprocating;
and (d) response opposite to the subject. Analysis of results showed
that unconditional cooperation leads to exploitation and obduracy.
This tendency was less in groups. Other interesting effects are described
in the paper.
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