The Effects of Personality Traits on Experimental Games

Abstract

The study reports on the effects that personality plays in the choice of move in experimental games. Two 'trivial' games were developed, one to test the trait of trust and the other to test competitiveness. The third game used was the chicken game. It was expected that the two personality traits would interact in the chicken game such that only those who were high on trust and low on competition would cooperate. All others were predicted to defect. Competition predicted choice of move on the chicken game. The competition game was also a predictor of the choice of move on the chicken game. Sex differences were found to be significant in the moves following defection by the opponent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0740556

Entities

People

  • Marsha H. Katz

Organizations

  • Michigan State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Classification
  • Cooperation
  • Governments
  • Instructions
  • International Relations
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Organizational Psychology.