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ERIC Number: EJ735375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Oct
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-295X
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A Dynamic, Stochastic, Computational Model of Preference Reversal Phenomena
Johnson, Joseph G.; Busemeyer, Jerome R.
Psychological Review, v112 n4 p841-861 Oct 2005
Preference orderings among a set of options may depend on the elicitation method (e.g., choice or pricing); these preference reversals challenge traditional decision theories. Previous attempts to explain these reversals have relied on allowing utility of the options to change across elicitation methods by changing the decision weights, the attribute values, or the combination of this information--still, no theory has successfully accounted for all the phenomena. In this article, the authors present a new computational model that accounts for the empirical trends without changing decision weights, values, or combination rules. Rather, the current model specifies a dynamic evaluation and response process that correctly predicts preference orderings across 6 elicitation methods, retains stable evaluations across methods, and makes novel predictions regarding response distributions and response times.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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