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ERIC Number: EJ734795
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jan
Pages: 19
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-7393
Game Relativity: How Context Influences Strategic Decision Making
Vlaev, Ivo; Chater, Nick
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v32 n1 p131-149 Jan 2006
Existing models of strategic decision making typically assume that only the attributes of the currently played game need be considered when reaching a decision. The results presented in this article demonstrate that the so-called "cooperativeness" of the previously played prisoner's dilemma games influence choices and predictions in the current prisoner's dilemma game, which suggests that games are not considered independently. These effects involved reinforcement-based assimilation to the previous choices and also a perceptual contrast of the present game with preceding games, depending on the range and the rank of their cooperativeness. A. Parducci's (1965) range frequency theory and H. Helson's (1964) adaptation level theory are plausible theories of relative judgment of magnitude information, which could provide an account of these context effects.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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