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CONCEPT

The selection of a course of action among several alternatives.

Classified under Reasoning and Decision Making
Definition contributed by MJohansen about one year ago.

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Tasks that are asserted to measure decision making

TaskContrast Measure

Information Sampling Task
  • probability of the participant's decision being correct based on the available evidence at the time of the decision
 

Hungry Donkey Task
  • response time for "bad" or risky doors minus response time for "good" doors
 

Iowa Gambling Task
  • "safe" deck versus "risky" deck choices
 

Cambridge risk task
  • reward probability-amount ratio
 

color-word Stroop task
     

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    "Initial definition retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_making"
    NPicchetti (about two years ago)

    Term History

    REVISION 5

    Definition contributed by TDavis about one year ago:
    The selection of a course of action among several alternatives.


    REVISION 4

    Definition contributed by BGregory about two years ago:
    the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternatives.


    REVISION 3

    Definition contributed by BGregory about two years ago:
    the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternatives.


    REVISION 2

    Definition contributed by BGregory about three years ago:
    the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternatives. (from Wikipedia)


    REVISION 1

    Definition contributed by SAdministrator about four years ago:
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