Communication schedule and cooperative game behavior.

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Examined the effect on the cooperative behavior of 48 male and 48 female undergraduates of different schedules of communication opportunity in a prisoner's dilemma game. Communication opportunity was provided by means of standard messages exchanged voluntarily after every trial, after every 10th trial, or only prior to the game. The major finding was the communication schedule * trial blocks interaction. Cooperation was low for all groups during the early trials. However, when players were given an opportunity to make frequent communications, the cooperation level increased significantly during later trials. There were no significant differences by sex, except for communication schedule with the probability that s would be cooperative after a trial in which the partner defected. (17 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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