[game_edu] What is the name for this principle?

[Jim Parker]

Thanks!

Okay, loss aversion by majority vote. But how does the deadline fit in? 
That is in my case a key factor - the target is moving off of the screen 
and the player feels a strong need to deal with it. If the targets moved 
more slowly or more quickly, would the effect be different?

I could see the effect peaking at a particular speed and then falling 
off quickly as the player simply gave up.

Jim

On 6/7/2012 8:45 AM, Maria Droujkova wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Jim Parker <jparker at ucalgary.ca

> <mailto:jparker at ucalgary.ca>> wrote:

>

>

>     Now, this is a pathological instance and the player's age is

>     certainly a factor, but I think it's a bit more than a basic fear of

>     losing. Still, I'm open to the thought.

>

>

> I have to go with loss aversion (which is something completely different

> from the fear of losing at a game, by the way). People are more afraid

> of losing stuff they have, than of not gaining new stuff.

>

> In the clown-on-a-fuse game you describe, the mechanism is also the

> natural empathy with the character. Players will want to rescue

> characters in distress and to prevent harm done to characters, if they

> bond with characters at all.

>

>

> Cheers,

> Maria Droujkova

> 919-388-1721

>

> Make math your own, to make your own math

>

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