Nice Guys Finish First
- Synopsis
- Richard Dawkins explains how natural selection can favour co-operation in nature, so long as it is of benefit to the selfish gene. His search for stable cooperative strategies that are unaffected by cheating and exploitation involves a game known as ‘the prisoner’s dilemma’, in which cooperation benefits everyone yet participants tend to get locked into situations of non-cooperation where no one does well.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1986
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Uses
- Social and behavioural psychology courses; anyone handling negotiation or conflict in business, industrial relations, diplomacy, politics.*
- Subjects
- Psychology
- Keywords
- natural selection
Credits
- Producer
- Jeremy Taylor
- Contributor
- Robin Brightwell
- Cast
Richard Dawkins
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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