Review Questions Exam#3:

1. PD, ToC and Clash of Wills (or Battle of the Sexes) all share the following characteristics: A is faced with a decision. The outcome of each choice is contingent on the decision made independently by one or more other people. If all parties follow RCT then no one will come out as well as they might have!

a) What is the major difference between PD and ToC? Between PD and Clash?

b) Why is ToC more difficult to deal with than PD?  Why is PD more difficult than Clash?

2. Describe and discuss each of the following responses to the PD. Note that they each alter the original matrix.

a) "Feel your pain"/Empathy [NOT the same as sacrifice]

b) Incorporate moral/cultural imperatives

c) Sign a contract/impose fines

d) Tit-for-tat (iterated PD)

3. Biological bases for morality

a) Biological definition of altruism

b) Kin selection

c) Reciprocal altruism

4. Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development

5. RCT and Voting Behavior