STRATEGY IN INTRA-TRIAD AND INTER-TRIAD INTERACTION

Inter-group negotiation was compared with intra-group negotiation in three different games. Each session brought together three triads, homogeneous in sex. The Test of Strategy was used to compose a group high in accommodative tendencies, one low in this respect (i.e., high in exploitative tendencies), and one intermediate in accommodativeness. Each group engaged, first, in intra-group play, then in inter-group play. The games were the Board Game, decision-making in Accommodation Problems, and the Politics Game. Weights were used to vary power pattern in the first and third of these; power differences were incorporated into simulated relationships in the second. The Board Game was played in the standard manner; in the Accommodation Problems, three sets of instructions oriented Ss to discussion, to obtaining the most possible, and to arriving at the fairest outcome; in the Politics Game, the inter-group situation involved a meeting of representatives. Pre- and post-game questionnaires elicited ratings of enjoyment, liking for other players, and desire to win. Analysis of the results are given. See also TR-11, AD-638 008.