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Strategic Interactions in College Students’ Romantic Relationships: Exploring the Dynamics Through Game Theory
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Abstract
With the improvement of living standards, people's attention to intimate relationships is also increasing. This article takes the love relationship of college students as an example and uses game theory methods to analyze some phenomena in intimate relationships. The article first introduces the basic concepts and theories of game theory, and then explores the game problems in college students' love relationships from aspects such as Nash equilibrium and prisoner's dilemma. Research has found that there are multiple Nash equilibria in the game of college students in romantic relationships, but the existence of prisoner's dilemma often leads to difficulties in achieving optimal decision-making between lovers. And research has found that the existence of irrationality and the strategy of tit for tat encourage both regions to take proactive measures to handle conflicts. In infinite games, the larger the discount factor, the more likely both sides are to choose a positive way to handle conflicts. Finally, this article proposes some suggestions to help college students better handle game problems in romantic relationships.
Keywords
game theory, romantic relationships, Nash equilibrium, conflict response
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Zhao,X. (2024). Strategic Interactions in College Students’ Romantic Relationships: Exploring the Dynamics Through Game Theory. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,43,112-118.
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