A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation
This paper introduces the Hierarchical Mindreading Model (HMM), a new model of mindreading in two-person, mixed-motive games such as the Prisoners’ Dilemma. The HMM proposes that the strategies available to decision makers in these games can be classified on a hierarchy according to the type of mind...
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| description | This paper introduces the Hierarchical Mindreading Model (HMM), a new model of mindreading in two-person, mixed-motive games such as the Prisoners’ Dilemma. The HMM proposes that the strategies available to decision makers in these games can be classified on a hierarchy according to the type of mindreading involved. At Level 0 of the HMM, there is no attempt to infer the intentions of the other player from any of the context-specific information (i.e., signals, payoffs, or partner reliability). At Level 1, decision makers rely on signals to infer the other’s intention, without considering the possibility that those signals might not reflect the other’s true intention. Finally, in Level 2 strategies, decision makers infer the other player’s intended choice by integrating information contained in their signals with the apparent reliability of the other participant and/or the game’s payoffs. The implications of the HMM were tested across four studies involving 962 participants, with results consistently indicating the presence of strategies from all three levels of the HMM’s hierarchy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3402b9535cd04bcfa210c161f57d3b742023-09-03T14:02:50ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752021-07-011684489710.1017/S1930297500008019A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participationTodd Larson Landes0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7506-690XPiers Douglas Howehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6171-1381Yoshihisa Kashimahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3627-3273Department of Psychology, University of MelbourneThis paper introduces the Hierarchical Mindreading Model (HMM), a new model of mindreading in two-person, mixed-motive games such as the Prisoners’ Dilemma. The HMM proposes that the strategies available to decision makers in these games can be classified on a hierarchy according to the type of mindreading involved. At Level 0 of the HMM, there is no attempt to infer the intentions of the other player from any of the context-specific information (i.e., signals, payoffs, or partner reliability). At Level 1, decision makers rely on signals to infer the other’s intention, without considering the possibility that those signals might not reflect the other’s true intention. Finally, in Level 2 strategies, decision makers infer the other player’s intended choice by integrating information contained in their signals with the apparent reliability of the other participant and/or the game’s payoffs. The implications of the HMM were tested across four studies involving 962 participants, with results consistently indicating the presence of strategies from all three levels of the HMM’s hierarchy.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500008019/type/journal_articlesocial dilemmaslevel-kdual process theorysocial value orientationmindreading |
| spellingShingle | Todd Larson Landes Piers Douglas Howe Yoshihisa Kashima A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation Judgment and Decision Making social dilemmas level-k dual process theory social value orientation mindreading |
| title | A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation |
| title_full | A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation |
| title_fullStr | A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation |
| title_short | A hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation |
| title_sort | hierarchy of mindreading strategies in joint action participation |
| topic | social dilemmas level-k dual process theory social value orientation mindreading |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500008019/type/journal_article |
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