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The process of recurrent choice

D G Davis1, J E Staddon, A Machado

  • 1Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706-0086.

Psychological Review
|April 1, 1993
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Understanding recurrent choice behavior requires dynamic models. A nonlocal cumulative-effects model explains matching and accurately predicts behavior in discrimination-reversal and extinction experiments, unlike popular local models.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral science
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Animal behavior

Background:

  • Recurrent choice behavior has been extensively studied, with a established static law known as matching.
  • However, a consensus on the dynamic processes underlying recurrent choice remains elusive.
  • Existing dynamic models are broadly categorized into performance models and state models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the explanatory power of popular local, performance-based dynamic choice models.
  • To introduce and assess a nonlocal cumulative-effects model for recurrent choice behavior.
  • To determine model consistency with the matching law and experimental data from discrimination-reversal and extinction paradigms.

Main Methods:

  • The study analyzed behavior in various discrimination-reversal experiments and extinction conditions.

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  • Two versions of a popular local, performance model were tested against experimental data.
  • A nonlocal cumulative-effects model was developed and compared to the local models and empirical results.

    • Main Results:

    • Popular local, performance models failed to explain observed behavior in discrimination-reversal and extinction experiments.
    • The nonlocal cumulative-effects model demonstrated consistency with the matching law.
    • This nonlocal model successfully replicated key properties of recurrent choice behavior across discrimination-reversal experiments and extinction data.

    Conclusions:

    • Local, performance-based dynamic choice models are insufficient for explaining recurrent choice behavior.
    • The nonlocal cumulative-effects model provides a more accurate framework for understanding recurrent choice.
    • This model's success in replicating experimental findings highlights its potential for advancing the study of choice dynamics.