Palm Palm Participatory Participatory SimulationsSimulations

Eric KlopferEric Klopfer

MIT Teacher Education MIT Teacher Education ProgramProgram

klopfer@mit.eduklopfer@mit.edu

Tit for TatTit for Tat

Click on the Click on the Prisoner GamePrisoner Game

Enter your name Enter your name using the keyboard using the keyboard just like big fish just like big fish little fishlittle fish

Click Start to Click Start to beginbegin

Playing the GamePlaying the Game

Click on the Click on the strategy that you strategy that you would like to usewould like to use

Click Hide to hide Click Hide to hide your choice.your choice.

You

Me

   Defect Cooperate

Defect  1  5

Cooperate  0  3

Playing the GamePlaying the Game When your decision is When your decision is

hidden. Find someone else hidden. Find someone else to play with.to play with.

Align your Palms and click Align your Palms and click MeetMeet

The result of your last The result of your last interaction is displayed on interaction is displayed on the screenthe screen

Your score is also Your score is also displayed, and your displayed, and your Predominant Strategy is Predominant Strategy is also displayed by defaultalso displayed by default

Changing ParametersChanging Parameters

You can change certain You can change certain parameters in Tit for Tat parameters in Tit for Tat to see how it effects to see how it effects game playgame play

Choose New Game from Choose New Game from the Options Menu and the Options Menu and click Yesclick Yes

Next choose Set Next choose Set Preferences from the Preferences from the Options MenuOptions Menu

Changing ParametersChanging Parameters

You can change the You can change the following:following: Scores for different Scores for different

strategiesstrategies Whether you must Whether you must

meet a given player meet a given player more than oncemore than once

How many How many opponents you can opponents you can playplay

What is displayed on What is displayed on the screenthe screen

Starting AnewStarting Anew Let’s adjust one of the Let’s adjust one of the

parametersparameters Click on the parameter Click on the parameter

and click the adjust arrowsand click the adjust arrows Note everyone must make Note everyone must make

the same adjustment. The the same adjustment. The game checks to see if you game checks to see if you are playing with the same are playing with the same parameters as your parameters as your partnerpartner

Click OK.Click OK. Enter your name and StartEnter your name and Start

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