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Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|December 20, 2007
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Participants often use fast and frugal heuristics like "take the best" (TTB) for probabilistic inferences. This study

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Decision Science
  • Human Memory

Background:

  • Individuals frequently employ fast and frugal heuristics for probabilistic inferences from memory.
  • The "take the best" (TTB) heuristic, a prominent example, assumes a sequential search of cues.
  • Alternative models propose simultaneous global matching processes, differing in cognitive mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the cognitive processes underlying probabilistic inferences from long-term memory.
  • To provide empirical support for the assumption of sequential cue search in heuristics like TTB.
  • To analyze response times (RTs) to differentiate between sequential and simultaneous decision-making models.

Main Methods:

  • Reanalysis of response times (RTs) from six experiments (total N=497).

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  • Classification of decision strategies based on observed outcomes.
  • Statistical analysis of RT patterns in relation to the number of cues searched.

    • Main Results:

    • Decision times increased monotonically with the number of cues searched when TTB was indicated.
    • RT patterns consistently aligned with outcome-based strategy classifications.
    • Evidence supports the sequential search assumption inherent in TTB.

    Conclusions:

    • Findings support the cognitive process of sequential search in fast and frugal heuristics.
    • Response time data serve as a valid measure for inferring decision strategies.
    • The study validates both outcome-based strategy classifications and RT measures.