Pymetrics Games Fairness and Trust Scenarios 3

Question 1

Pymetrics tracks how often players punish unfair offers even at personal cost. This is known as what type of behavior?

Accepted Answer

Costly punishment

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Prisoner's Dilemma

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Person A, based on contribution

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Trustworthiness and reciprocity norms

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Learned helplessness or low procedural trust

Answer

Silence in the face of procedural unfairness often reflects reduced institutional trust or learned helplessness about outcomes.

Pymetrics Games Practice Test

Pymetrics Games Practice Test

Pymetrics Games Fairness and Trust Scenarios 3