The dominant strategy for each of the players in the prisoner’s dilemm

The dominant strategy for each of the players in the prisoner’s dilemma game does not yield the optimal outcome for each player because:

A) each player is misinformed about the decision that has been made by the other player.
B) the players do not understand the consequences of each of the choices they can make.
C) the two players are not allowed to communicate or otherwise cooperate with each other.
D) each player fails to consider how the other player might act.

ANSWER

C