Week 7 Tutorial: Opening Moves

Practice drills in the midterm's own format, the week the midterm is sat

10 April 2028

Before the tutorial

Review week 7’s lecture on initiation and bargaining. No written prep.

In the tutorial

Warm-up drills first: short prompts in the midterm’s own format — a photo, a bio line, an offline scenario — worked through as a group with reasoning made explicit, not just an answer. The midterm follows in the same session, using the same format under exam conditions.

Afterwards

Feedback on the midterm is returned the following week, alongside week 8’s material — by design, so you move straight from “what would you say” to “what happens once you’ve said it and it worked.”

Printable handout

SLOP2470 — Tutorial 7 handout

Opening Moves

Monday 10 April 2028

Bring

Week 7's lecture, reviewed beforehand — no written prep required

What happens in the room

Warm-up drills in the midterm's own format, worked through as a group with reasoning made explicit
Name the concept each drill is testing (war of attrition, coordination under incomplete information, signaling cost)
The midterm itself: twenty items, sat under exam conditions in this session
Feedback returns next week, alongside week 8's material

The spec

What you bring to the session. Written so a reader can tell whether it has been met without asking you.

you've attempted at least five practice items in the midterm's format
you can name the concept (war of attrition, coordination under incomplete information, signaling cost) each drill was testing
the midterm itself is sat in this session

Teaching team

Professor Barry Gaining — tutor