POL208Y5 Lecture 9: Exam Prep_Week9
4 Dec 2017
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Despite cognitive biases and emotions, in general, individuals are expected to make decisions rationally. Rationality: maximization of one"s utility (expected payoff from a situation); necessitates perfect calculability of one"s actions freedom of making choices but not sensibility --> think suicide bombers. Individuals decide strategically, accounting for the anticipated moves of their opponents a process covered by game theory. Strategic interaction is exemplified by games like prisoner"s dilemma. Best rational strategy for peace: offer cooperation and then mimic your opponent"s strategy (tit-for-tat) in repeated interactions. In this way, players" learn to trust each other, live with each others. International institutions aspire to play that role: provide repeated interactions, rules, foster trust towards cooperation. Small group/domestic theories the rational action model (model i) Same assumptions for the unitary, rational state and the individual. Problem: opponent moves their knight and challenges your king clarification of goals: avoid losing your king (end of the game in defeat)
