MENTAL MODEL · M8109

Game Simulation Method

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

A game simulation puts participants into an adversarial scenario and assigns each one a stakeholder role, requiring them to act out the sequence of moves and reactions rather than analyze it from outside. The learning comes from the experience of holding the opponent's incentives, which is what exposes the counter-moves that a self-centered plan would never have anticipated.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

- Assign the roles: give each participant a stakeholder with real incentives. - Play it out: run the actual sequence of moves instead of discussing it. - Debrief the motives: ask each side to explain why it did what it did.

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Anchor fast decisions

Embodied role-play forces a player to optimize an objective they do not hold, which is the only reliable way to discover what that player will actually do. Reading a case keeps the opponent hypothetical; playing the role makes the opponent's counter-moves a lived experience rather than an assumption.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Set the adversarial scenario and assign each participant a role with its own incentives. 2. Let each side act in turn according to its interests. 3. Debrief and ask each side to explain its motives and reactions. 4. Revise your own strategy based on what the opponent actually did.

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doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.1177/053901847401300207ZH · Explicit
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