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How to outsmart the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Reviewed:

Mar 12, 2024 by Business
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
Content Quality: 4.8 stars
Effectiveness: 5.0 stars
Ease of Use: 4.8 stars
Overview:

Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when they’re caught by a fox. Instead of simply eating them, he decides to put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma. He’ll ask each gingerbread man whether he’d opt to Spare or Sacrifice the other. What should they choose? Choosing the most ethical strategy allows for an analysis. Predict human behavior today, can you predict human behavior tomorrow/day after day and over time?  

Lucas Husted dives into the classic game theory scenario: the Prisoner's Dilemma. This is a TED-Ed presentation that includes a video, a quiz, and links to other resources such as guided discussions.

Type of Material:

Presentation

Recommended Uses:

  • It can be used as an individual exercise
  • It is better to have classroom/workshop discussions with a group of people
  • Can be used in homework, individual group assignments
Technical Requirements:

Chrome 103 on Windows 10, Edge

Identify Major Learning Goals:

  • Understand the ethical framework for identifying, analyzing, and resolving an ethical dilemma with no clear right or wrong answer.
  •  Identify choices that the "gingerbread men" can make for the the best decision based on the "fox's" proposal 
Target Student Population:

Undergraduate Students (400 level only), Business Students, Graduate Level Ethical Decision Making Courses.

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

None

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The video is extremely well organized and includes clear and concise information that is very detailed and relevant to the content covered.
  • Key terms and historical background are provided.
  • The author(s) explain very well how each aspect of the text is used in to strengthen the overall content and as a result, student learning can be impacted.
  • A summary of the content is provided as well as anticipated learning outcomes.
  • At the end of the presentation, there was an opportunity to see links for additional resources to access additional materials entitled: “Watch”, “Think”, and “Dig Deeper” in which the reader can engage in quizzes, discussion questions, and additional resources to further engage in materials.
Concerns:

  • The numeric examples and use of charts may get overwhelming for some to follow, I had to replay them a couple of times.
  • The presentation assumes that the math concepts are known and understood.  

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

  • Identifies learning objectives
  • The content reinforces concepts throughout the module Builds on prior concepts
  • Demonstrates relationships between concepts
  • This content would be easy to integrate into the curriculum
  • This content would be very easy for students to learn in a relatively short amount of time
  • This content would lend well to assessment and would be measurable
  • The use of animation is unique for learners to highlight "a little fun" to show symbolism.
Concerns:

None

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

  • Great message•
  • Good examples
  • Keeps the student very engaged throughout
  • Transcript is provided
  • Ease of use
  • Multiple types of assessments (discussion questions, quizzes, resource bank, etc)
Concerns:

• Cannot be used without the internet (Quizzes and discussion)

Other Issues and Comments:

Great approach to explain the prisoner's dilemma. This concept can provide a forum to discuss how self-interest may not lead to an optimal outcome. 

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