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Betsch, Tilmann, Lehmann, Anne, Jekel, Marc ORCID: 0000-0002-9146-0306, Lindow, Stefanie and Gloeckner, Andreas (2018). Children's application of decision strategies in a compensatory environment. Judgm. Decis. Mak., 13 (6). S. 514 - 529. TALLAHASSEE: SOC JUDGMENT & DECISION MAKING. ISSN 1930-2975

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Abstract

Adaptive actors must be able to use probabilities as decision weights. In a computerized multi-attribute task, the authors examined the decisions of children (5-6 years, n = 44; 9-10 y., n = 39) and adults (21-22 y., n = 31) in an environment that fosters the application of a weighted-additive strategy that uses probabilities as weights (WADD: choose option with highest sum of probability-value products). Applying a Bayesian outcome-based strategy classification procedure from adult research, we identified the utilization of WADD and several other strategies (lexicographic, equal weight, naive Bayes, guessing, and saturated model) on the individual level. As expected based on theory, the prevalence of WADD-users in adults was high. In contrast, no preschoolers could be classified as users of probability-sensitive strategies. Nearly one-third of third-graders used probability-sensitive strategies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Betsch, Tilmann UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lehmann, Anne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jekel, Marc UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-0306 UNSPECIFIED Lindow, Stefanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gloeckner, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-167134
Journal or Publication Title:	Judgm. Decis. Mak.
Volume:	13
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 514 - 529
Date:	2018
Publisher:	SOC JUDGMENT & DECISION MAKING
Place of Publication:	TALLAHASSEE
ISSN:	1930-2975
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INFORMATION SEARCH; ADAPTIVE TOOLBOX; PEOPLE LEARN; INTEGRATION; CLASSIFICATION; PROBABILITIES; ADAPTATION; SELECTION; ROUTINES; CHOICE Multiple languages Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16713