<s>
The	O
Global	B-Application
Change	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
a	O
large-scale	O
educational	O
simulation	O
devised	O
in	O
Winnipeg	O
in	O
December	O
1991	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
students	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Manitoba	O
,	O
including	O
Rob	O
Altemeyer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
participant	O
is	O
randomly	O
assigned	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
ten	O
regions	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
:	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Latin	O
America	O
,	O
Europe	O
,	O
the	O
Commonwealth	O
of	O
Independent	O
States	O
,	O
Africa	O
,	O
The	O
Middle	O
East	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
Southeast	O
Asia	O
,	O
China	O
and	O
the	O
Pacific	B-Application
Rim	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
North	O
America	O
,	O
Europe	O
and	O
the	O
Pacific	B-Application
Rim	I-Application
are	O
relatively	O
wealthy	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
while	O
India	O
and	O
Africa	O
have	O
greater	O
levels	O
of	O
poverty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
failure	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
deforestation	B-Application
or	O
soil	O
erosion	O
may	O
lead	O
to	O
consequences	O
for	O
food	O
production	O
,	O
or	O
failure	O
to	O
control	O
pollution	O
may	O
have	O
consequences	O
for	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1994	O
study	O
by	O
American-Canadian	O
psychologist	O
Bob	O
Altemeyer	O
,	O
68	O
subjects	O
chosen	O
as	O
demonstrating	O
high	O
levels	O
of	O
right-wing	O
authoritarianism	O
played	O
a	O
three-hour	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Change	I-Application
Game	I-Application
,	O
and	O
were	O
compared	O
to	O
a	O
comparison	O
game	O
played	O
by	O
individuals	O
with	O
low	O
RWA	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
played	O
by	O
those	O
with	O
low	O
scores	O
resulted	O
in	O
world	B-Operating_System
peace	I-Operating_System
and	O
widespread	O
international	O
cooperation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
argued	O
that	O
since	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Change	I-Application
Game	I-Application
and	O
its	O
outcome	O
is	O
dependent	O
upon	O
researcher	O
assumptions	O
about	O
how	O
the	O
world	O
works	O
(	O
with	O
death	O
toll	O
being	O
calculated	O
by	O
their	O
own	O
formula	O
to	O
account	O
for	O
poverty	O
,	O
disease	O
and	O
war	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
may	O
not	O
necessarily	O
reflect	O
reality	O
and	O
authoritarians	O
would	O
thus	O
struggle	O
to	O
"	O
win	O
"	O
the	O
simulation	O
as	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
necessarily	O
share	O
the	O
researchers	O
 '	O
assumptions	O
.	O
</s>
