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Question 59

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  -Use Figure 2.5 to answer this question. Suppose that two teenagers have a crush on each other, but neither know's the other's feelings. At a school dance both have to decide whether or not to  declare  their feelings for the other. If both  declare  they get significant positive utility, but if they are rebuffed they face humiliation in front of their friends, which results in significant negative utility. Finally, if they choose to ignore each other they will maximize their worst outcome, that is, they will avoid humiliation. Social convention dictates that the teenage boy makes the first move. His dominant strategy is to: A)  Declare. B)  Rebuff/Ignore. C)  Choose at random. D)  None of the above.
-Use Figure 2.5 to answer this question. Suppose that two teenagers have a crush on each other, but neither know's the other's feelings. At a school dance both have to decide whether or not to "declare" their feelings for the other. If both "declare" they get significant positive utility, but if they are rebuffed they face humiliation in front of their friends, which results in significant negative utility. Finally, if they choose to ignore each other they will maximize their worst outcome, that is, they will avoid humiliation. Social convention dictates that the teenage boy makes the first move. His dominant strategy is to:


A) Declare.
B) Rebuff/Ignore.
C) Choose at random.
D) None of the above.

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