Pymetrics Games Fairness and Trust Scenarios 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Pymetrics tracks how often players punish unfair offers even at personal cost. This is known as what type of behavior?
- Altruistic reward
- Costly punishment (Correct answer)
- Strategic defection
- Reciprocal altruism
Correct answer: Costly punishment
Costly punishment refers to sacrificing your own resources to sanction unfair behavior in others, a key social norm enforcer.
Question 2: In a Pymetrics multiplayer scenario, all players benefit most if everyone cooperates, but any single player benefits slightly more by defecting. This structure is called:
- Zero-sum game
- Prisoner's Dilemma (Correct answer)
- Ultimatum Game
- Trust Game
Correct answer: Prisoner's Dilemma
The Prisoner's Dilemma describes situations where individual rational defection leads to collectively worse outcomes than mutual cooperation.
Question 3: You're playing a Pymetrics scenario where you must allocate a bonus among team members. Person A worked hardest, Person B has the most financial need, Person C is most senior. Equity-based fairness suggests giving most to:
- Person B, based on need
- Person C, based on seniority
- Person A, based on contribution (Correct answer)
- Split equally regardless of factors
Correct answer: Person A, based on contribution
Equity-based fairness allocates rewards proportional to contributions, making Person A the equity-based choice.
Question 4: In Pymetrics games, a player who consistently returns a fair share in the Trust Game even when they could keep everything is demonstrating:
- Naivety about game theory
- Trustworthiness and reciprocity norms (Correct answer)
- Irrational decision-making
- Risk aversion
Correct answer: Trustworthiness and reciprocity norms
Returning a fair share when not obligated demonstrates trustworthiness and adherence to reciprocity norms.
Question 5: Pymetrics scenario: Your manager assigns you a plum project based on favoritism, not merit. A colleague who deserved it says nothing. What does their silence likely reflect in trust terms?
- Full trust in the manager's judgment
- Learned helplessness or low procedural trust (Correct answer)
- Agreement that the assignment was fair
- Strong in-group loyalty
Correct answer: Learned helplessness or low procedural trust
Silence in the face of procedural unfairness often reflects reduced institutional trust or learned helplessness about outcomes.
Question 6: In Pymetrics emotional assessments tied to fairness, recognizing 'contempt' accurately in a face is important because contempt in negotiation typically signals:
- Openness to compromise
- The other party feels morally superior and may disengage (Correct answer)
- Hidden agreement masked by social norms
- High levels of anxiety about the outcome
Correct answer: The other party feels morally superior and may disengage
Contempt signals a sense of moral superiority and often precedes disengagement or rejection in negotiations.
Question 7: A Pymetrics fairness task shows you two options: Option A gives you $50 and a stranger $50. Option B gives you $60 and a stranger $100. Many people choose A. This reflects:
- Wealth maximization
- Disadvantageous inequity aversion
- Advantageous inequity aversion (Correct answer)
- Loss aversion
Correct answer: Advantageous inequity aversion
Preferring equal splits over getting less than the other person (even when your absolute amount is higher) reflects advantageous inequity aversion.
Pymetrics Games Fairness and Trust Scenarios 3
Pymetrics tracks how often players punish unfair offers even at personal cost.
This is known as what type of behavior?