Pymetrics Games Fairness and Trust Scenarios 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In the Pymetrics Trust Game, you receive $10 and can send any amount to a stranger who will receive triple that amount. The stranger can then return any portion. What does sending a large amount primarily signal?
- Recklessness with money
- High trust and willingness to be vulnerable (Correct answer)
- A desire to show off wealth
- Strategic manipulation of the other player
Correct answer: High trust and willingness to be vulnerable
Sending a large amount in the Trust Game signals genuine trust and social risk-taking, key traits measured by the game.
Question 2: During a Pymetrics Ultimatum Game, the proposer offers you only $1 out of $10. According to rational economic theory, what should you do?
- Reject it to punish the unfair offer
- Accept it since any amount is better than nothing (Correct answer)
- Counter-offer with $5
- Walk away without deciding
Correct answer: Accept it since any amount is better than nothing
Rational economic theory says accept any positive offer since $1 > $0, though in practice most people reject very low offers due to fairness norms.
Question 3: In the Pymetrics Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), each pump earns you money but risks losing it all if the balloon pops. Consistently pumping to the maximum reflects which trait?
- Optimal risk calibration
- Extreme risk-seeking behavior (Correct answer)
- High patience and self-control
- Strong fairness intuitions
Correct answer: Extreme risk-seeking behavior
Always pumping to the maximum in BART indicates extreme risk-seeking, which Pymetrics uses to assess risk tolerance.
Question 4: You play a Pymetrics fairness scenario where you can either keep $6 for yourself and give a partner $4, or split it evenly $5/$5. Which choice best demonstrates equity fairness?
- Keep $6 since you initiated the task
- Split $5/$5 to maximize joint welfare equally (Correct answer)
- Give the partner $6 to seem generous
- Randomly decide to remove bias
Correct answer: Split $5/$5 to maximize joint welfare equally
Splitting $5/$5 reflects equity fairness by treating both parties as equal contributors regardless of role.
Question 5: In a Pymetrics scenario, a colleague takes credit for your team's idea in a meeting. From a trust perspective, what is the most effective immediate response?
- Confront them aggressively in the meeting
- Stay silent to avoid conflict
- Calmly clarify your contribution to ensure accurate credit (Correct answer)
- Report them to HR immediately
Correct answer: Calmly clarify your contribution to ensure accurate credit
Calmly clarifying your contribution addresses the fairness breach professionally without damaging team dynamics.
Question 6: Pymetrics measures 'loss aversion' in fairness contexts. Which behavior best illustrates loss aversion?
- Accepting a coin-flip bet where you could win $20 or lose $10
- Rejecting a coin-flip bet where you could win $20 or lose $10 (Correct answer)
- Always choosing the safest option regardless of payout
- Ignoring potential losses when making decisions
Correct answer: Rejecting a coin-flip bet where you could win $20 or lose $10
Rejecting a positive expected value bet because the potential loss looms larger than the gain is classic loss aversion.
Question 7: In a Pymetrics social scenario, you discover a coworker has been cutting corners on safety checks. Reporting them could harm their career but protect others. What does acting on this reflect?
- Personal ambition to advance at their expense
- Deontological fairness — upholding rules regardless of consequences (Correct answer)
- Purely utilitarian reasoning about outcomes
- Avoidance of personal responsibility
Correct answer: Deontological fairness — upholding rules regardless of consequences
Reporting a rule violation regardless of personal cost reflects deontological fairness, where rules matter intrinsically.
Pymetrics Games Fairness and Trust Scenarios 2
In the Pymetrics Trust Game, you receive $10 and can send any amount to a stranger who will receive triple that amount.
The stranger can then return any portion.
What does sending a large amount primarily signal?