Predicting forced choice decision making

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maikel Hengstler ◽  
Rob W. Holland ◽  
Ad van Knippenberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Choice Decision

scholarly journals Drift-diffusion models for multiple-alternative forced-choice decision making

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Roxin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Diffusion Process ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Rate Equations ◽  
Decision Variable ◽  
Neuronal System ◽  
Correlated Noise ◽  
Drift Diffusion ◽  
Choice Decision ◽  
Multiple Alternative

The canonical computational model for the cognitive process underlying two-alternative forced-choice decision making is the so-called drift-diffusion model (DDM). In this model, a decision variable keeps track of the integrated difference in sensory evidence for two competing alternatives. Here I extend the notion of a drift-diffusion process to multiple alternatives. The competition between n alternatives takes place in a linear subspace of n-1 dimensions; that is, there are n-1 decision variables, which are coupled through correlated noise sources. I derive the multiple-alternative DDM starting from a system of coupled, linear firing rate equations. If the original neuronal system is nonlinear, one can once again derive a model describing a lower dimensional diffusion process. The dynamics of the nonlinear DDM can be recast as the motion of a particle on a potential, the general form of which is given analytically for an arbitrary number of alternatives.

A Field Study of Two Measures of Work Motivation for Predicting Leader's Transformational Behaviors

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Barbuto ◽  
Susan M. Fritz ◽  
David Marx
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire ◽  
Job Choice ◽  
Idealized Influence ◽  
Multifactor Leadership ◽  
Inspirational Motivation ◽  
Choice Decision ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Influence Behavior

Relationships between motivation and transformational leadership were examined in this study. 56 leaders and 234 followers from a variety of organizations were sampled. Leaders were administered the Motivation Sources Inventory and the Job Choice Decision-making Exercise, while followers reported leaders' behaviors using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ–rater version). Scores on the Motivation Sources Inventory subscales subsequently correlated with the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire subscales of inspirational motivation, idealized influence (behavior), and individualized consideration (range, r = .13 to .23). There were no significant correlations among any of the Job Choice Decision-making Exercise subscales with any of the variables measured.

Reconciling Emotion and Rational Choice: Negativistic Auto Theft, Consequence Irrelevance, and the Seduction of Destruction

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 783-815
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Jacobs ◽  
Michael Cherbonneau
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Auto Theft ◽  
Choice Decision ◽  
Decision Making Models ◽  
Depth Interviews

Objectives: We explore negativism in the context of auto theft and examine its broader phenomenological significance for Rational Choice Theory. Methods: Data were drawn from qualitative, in-depth interviews with 35 active auto thieves operating out of a large Midwestern U.S. city. Results: Negativistic offending is malicious, spiteful, and/or destructive conduct whose purpose is typically more hedonic (i.e., short-term gratification) than instrumental (i.e., resource-generating) or normative (i.e., moralistic). It is made possible by the notion of ownership without responsibility: Offenders controlled a vehicle that was not theirs, promoting consequence irrelevance which in turn unleashed reckless conduct. Conclusions: Consequence irrelevance clarifies negativism’s logic and permits linkage between affect-based and rational choice decision-making models.

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