You have been randomly and anonymously paired with another participant. Both of you must choose either option 1 or option 2. This gives four possible outcomes, each with a different payoff, as shown in the table:
In each cell, the amount to the left is the payoff for you and to the right for the other participant.
Participant B | |||
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Cooperate | Defect | ||
Participant A | Cooperate | {{ Constants.both_cooperate_payoff }}, {{ Constants.both_cooperate_payoff }} | 0, {{ Constants.betray_payoff }} |
Defect | {{ Constants.betray_payoff }}, 0 | {{ Constants.both_defect_payoff }}, {{ Constants.both_defect_payoff }} |
Participant A is the first mover and can decide to co-operate or defect participant B. After that, participant B (the second mover) will be announced the decision of participant A and participant B have to decide whether he/she should defect or co-operate.
The scores from each round are accumulated, so the object is to optimize the point score before reaching game over.