You are going to play a prisoner's dilemma game with the same partner every day for a week. According to the research, the choice that is most likely to lead to a big pay-off over the course of the week is for you to choose to compete as frequently as possible.

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Research on the prisoner's dilemma, especially in repeated games, suggests that cooperative strategies, like "tit for tat" (where you initially cooperate and then replicate your partner's previous move), tend to lead to better outcomes over time compared to consistently competitive approaches.

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