Behavior Modeling of Players in the TV Show "The Weakest Link"

Human behavior is studied in many spheres of economics and other sciences. Besides, each person has some characteristics that form his own behavioral model. In this study we model the behavior of participants in the TV show "Weak Link". Thus people showed themselves from different sides. Russian players were very touchy, and quite greedy. In addition, sometimes players were ready to keep relatively weak players in order to facilitate their game in the final. Gender and age discrimination is rather weak. The research confirmed that women really try to avoid risk unlike men. But the senior players are quite risky. It should be noticed, that people's memory was also explored in the game. In total, the study considered thirteen games in the period of 2000 to 2008 year. This study is completely new for Russia. The use of new methods, and variables, that described behavioral characteristics, also highlights this paper from others.