Choice strategies in multiple-cue probability learning

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Title
Choice strategies in multiple-cue probability learning
Journal
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition
Author(s)
White  C. M., Koehler  D. J.
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Published
Issued date
2007
Volume
33
Number
4
Pages
757-768
Abstract
Choice strategies for selecting among outcomes in multiple-cue probability learning were investigated using a simulated medical diagnosis task. Expected choice probabilities (the proportion of times each outcome was selected given each cue pattern) under alternative choice strategies were constructed from corresponding observed judged probabilities (of each outcome given each cue pattern) and compared with observed choice probabilities. Most of the participants were inferred to have responded by using a deterministic strategy, in which the outcome with the higher judged probability is consistently chosen, rather than a probabilistic strategy, in which an outcome is chosen with a probability equal to its judged probability. Extended practice in the learning environment did not affect choice strategy selection, contrary to reports from previous studies, results of which may instead be attributable to changes with practice in the variability and extremity of the perceived probabilities on which the choices were based.
Keywords
choice strategies, choice probability, judged probability, probability matching, maximizing
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