Decision-making processes: Sensitivity to sequentially experienced outcome probabilities

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-43

  Boyer, Ty W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making development; Intuitive and explicit processes; Probability understanding; Rationality; Sequential choice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 34247176270     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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