POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Rational Choice Theory, Glasser'S Choice Theory, Game Theory
20 Dec 2015
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Assumes that a group (team, company, or state) acts the way it does based on the aggregate of individual actors" behaviour. Games represent that combination of choice and dance that characterize competition and negotiation. Use models to apply to certain circumstances which will predict what. Dixie and al argue this is not just for politics but other things as well plug in relevant variables and you can figure out. For example: the multipolar alliances using rat theory could explain people will do this. Rational (not random, impulsive, or conditioned) shared with realism. Rational can be defined as being not random, or conditioned by an influence. Self-interested economic theorists arises from biology because we had to self-interested to survive. While this is now regarded as greed, back in the day with hunters and gatherers, you needed to be selfish. Utility maximizers we seek under any circumstances to maximize profits/gains.
