Toward a Unified Theory of Decision Criterion Learning in Perceptual Categorization.

Optimal decision criterion placement maximizes expected reward and requires sensitivity to the category base rates (prior probabilities) and payoffs (costs and benefits of incorrect and correct responding). When base rates are unequal, human decision criterion is nearly optimal, but when payoffs are...

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Publicado en:Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 567 - 596
Autor principal: Maddox, W. Todd
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior November 2002
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