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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A test of "reason-based" and "reluctance-to-think" accounts of the disjunction effect |
Author: | Li, S. Jiang, C. Dunn, J. Wang, Z. |
Citation: | Information Sciences, 2012; 184(1):166-175 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science Inc |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0020-0255 1872-6291 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Shu Li, Cheng-Ming Jiang, John C. Dunn, Zuo-Jun Wang |
Abstract: | The disjunction effect violates Savage's sure-thing principle: that is, if a is preferred over b regardless of whether relevant outcome x occurs, then a should always be preferred over b [L.J. Savage, The Foundations of Statistics, New York, Wiley, 1954]. We tested "reason-based" and "reluctance-to-think" accounts of the disjunction effect. According to the former account, the disjunction effect occurs when different reasons underlie the preference for a under x versus the preference for a under not x. According to the latter account, the disjunction effect is due to the failure to consider preferences when x is unknown. We tested these accounts by varying the number of reasons underlying choices in the x and not x conditions. Consistent with the reason-based account, when only one reason was available, the disjunction effect was reduced. In addition, we propose a new method of measuring the disjunction effect under different conditions based on the logic proposed by Lambdin and Burdsal (2007) [C. Lambdin, C. Burdsal, The disjunction effect reexamined: relevant methodological issues and the fallacy of unspecified percentage comparisons, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 103 (2007) 268-276]. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Disjunction effect Sure-thing principle |
Rights: | Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ins.2011.09.002 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2011.09.002 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Psychology publications |
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