> When I play the prisoner's dilemma in class, I see very little cooperation.
I know one researcher who has repeated a trust game (not prisoner's
dilemma) with many classes of students and groups of business men.
He finds that students are remarkably untrustworthy and businessmen
tend to give their trust quite frequently. He thinks that students
are socially isolated from each other and have little experience
in social worlds were trust is common, unlike business men.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were a similar difference when you
P.D. Can anybody confirm or reject this claim about students?
Fabio
The part about students being socially isolated from each other and lacking social experienceis interesting. Are there any studies that might confirm this? I teach at a community college, so the students probabl mix with each other less than they do at other colleges. If I recall correctly, I did obsverve more cooperation when I played this game at a small liberal arts college that I used to teach at.
Cyril Morong
