Game Theory, Shmame Theory: Let's Find a New Name That Doesn't Put People Off

Game theory is about the strategies that we use every day in our interactions with other people. It analyses the consequences of those strategies, exposes the traps that we can get ourselves into, and suggests ways that we can escape from those traps. It is a terribly important adjunct to psychology, yet few people realize its power and usefulness.

I think that the problem lies in the name, which describes how it analyzes human interactions as games that we play. Unfortunately, the name...