Question : 11. In real life, which of the following parallels the tragedy : 1198634

 

11. In real life, which of the following parallels the tragedy of the commons? 
A. pollution of rivers and streams
B. gun control
C. the death penalty
D. online auctions

 

 

12. Despite official government warnings of a severe water shortage, most citizens fail to conserve in the belief that their personal water consumption will have little effect on the community’s total water supply. The eventual depletion of the community’s water resources provides an example of 
A. mirror-image perceptions.
B. individualistic calamity.
C. the tragedy of the commons.
D. rational disaster.

 

 

13. Sato (1987) gave Japanese students opportunities to harvest trees in a simulated forest for money. When the students equally shared the costs of planting the forest, the result was that 
A. most of the trees were left to grow too tall for harvesting because the students bickered about the criterion to be used in sharing profits.
B. most of the trees were harvested before they had grown to the most profitable size.
C. none of the trees were harvested because the collectivist students did not want to be the first to ask for his or her share.
D. students made maximum profit not only for themselves individually but for the group.

 

 

14. Facing the recurring dilemma of cookie-jar depletion within 24-hours of its being re-stocked, Mom and Dad decide to do something. What strategy will be most effective? 
A. Do not allow family members to talk to one another about how many cookies they eat.
B. Restrict each family member to just two cookies per day.
C. Stop buying cookies.
D. Call a family meeting and scold everyone for eating too many cookies.

 

 

15. Which of the following is NOT a feature shared by both the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Commons Dilemma? 
A. One party’s wins necessarily equals the other party’s losses.
B. Participants tend to commit the fundamental attribution error.
C. Participants’ motives change in the course of the entrapment.
D. Both are non-zero-sum games.

 

 

16. Attempting to explain one’s own behavior situationally is a characteristic of 
A. the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
B. the Commons Dilemma.
C. both dilemmas.
D. neither dilemma.

 

 

17. Attempting to explain other’s behavior dispositionally is a characteristic of 
A. the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
B. the Commons Dilemma.
C. both dilemmas.
D. neither dilemma.

 

 

18. In both the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Commons Dilemma, people are tempted to explain their own behavior _______ and others’ behavior _______. 
A. situationally; situationally
B. dispositionally; dispositionally
C. situationally; dispositionally
D. dispositionally; situationally

 

 

19. Which one of the following is an example of a non-zero-sum game? 
A. the Prisoner’s Dilemma
B. the Commons Dilemma
C. both the Prisoner’s and the Commons Dilemmas
D. neither the Prisoner’s nor the Commons Dilemmas

 

 

20. In a non-zero-sum game 
A. both can win and both can lose.
B. one side wins and the other loses.
C. one’s gains equal another’s losses.
D. altruistic motives dominate.

 

 

 

 

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