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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strategy embodied some human psychology aspects according to Chapter 12?

2. In the face of major criticism game theory research shifted from a pure math focus to what?

3. Who did the public see as Machiavellian advocates of nuclear war in connection with the wane in game theory interest?

4. When did the initial interest in game theory begin to wane?

5. Which game had a biblical example of how it is played in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the nuclear war debate how did Francis Matthews figure?

2. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after publicly advocating for so long?

3. How did the tournaments operate?

4. Who devised the Stag Hunt game?

5. What game did people think nuclear warfare modeled and why did this change?

6. What were the variables of later versions of the Ohio State studies?

7. What was an example of a public nuclear game of chicken and who was involved?

8. In relation to U.S. bomb development who was Harold Urey?

9. What four games are two-person symmetric as detailed in Chapter 11?

10. What happened after von Neumann fell in 1955?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prisoner's Dilemma and Chicken are two social dilemmas of fundamental importance in human affairs. Why? Explain the parameters of each dilemma in relation to real life and then discuss what makes each dilemma so important to human affairs. Also, conclude with which dilemma you feel is the most important of the two in regards to human affairs, and why.

Essay Topic 2

Why are Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, Deadlock, and Stag Hunt, all called social dilemmas? Why is the prisoner's dilemma considered the center of gravity for the other three games in relation to pay offs? Be sure to include how switching two of the pay offs in the order of preference helps derive each of the three games from the prisoner's dilemma.

Essay Topic 3

How did each of these people figure in the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union: Harold Urey, Klaus Fuchs, Douglas MacArthur, and Francis Matthews?

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