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Risk-sensitive foraging theory and operant psychology
1University of Oxford.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
|November 1, 1991
Summary
Risk-sensitive foraging theory requires specific models for accurate predictions. The duration an organism must survive significantly impacts foraging choices between high and low variance options.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Ecology
- Animal Behavior
Background:
- Risk-sensitive foraging theory (RSFT) attempts to predict foraging choices based on risk preferences.
- Existing RSFT models do not universally predict when organisms should choose high-variance over low-variance options.
- Hastjarjo, Silberberg, and Hursh (1990) presented rat foraging data analyzed within the RSFT framework.