Many researchers have studied the effects of game-based learning (GBL) (eg, Annetta, Minogu, Holmes & Cheng, 2009; Kiili, 2007). However, empirical process analyses of long-term applications of GBL in a school setting are much less common. A process analysis of GBL in a school setting allows us to better understand the role of games in…

Groups of students were required to respond to the same eight two-person games, two variants each of four qualitatively different separable games including Prisoner's Dilemma. The games were generated by varying a payoff parameter which altered the potential maximum per trial difference between payoffs for the two players. The groups differed…

The author examines the principle findings of several coalition game studies designed to test Caplow's theory of coalitions. Alternative theoretical explanations of these findings are noted. A means by which the research findings in this field may be integrated into a more comprehensive theory of coalition choice behavior is suggested. (SM)

To extend information on communication to game theory, a study was conducted (1) to determine whether there was a relationship between dogmatism of players in a creative alternative game and their game behavior, and (2) to compare the behavior of federal prison inmates playing a game under conditions of real rewards and full communication…