Trade-Offs in Choice

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-206
Author(s):  
Franklin Shaddy ◽  
Ayelet Fishbach ◽  
Itamar Simonson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Rules ◽  
The Other ◽  
Compromise Effect ◽  
Variety Seeking ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Solution Versus ◽  
Mixed Solutions ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Extreme Solutions ◽  
Choice Literature

To explain trade-offs in choice, researchers have proposed myriad phenomena and decision rules, each paired with separate theories and idiosyncratic vocabularies. Yet most choice problems are ultimately resolved with one of just two types of solutions: mixed or extreme. For example, people adopt mixed solutions for resolving trade-offs when they allow exercising to license indulgence afterward (balancing between goals), read different literary genres (variety seeking), and order medium-sized coffees (the compromise effect). By contrast, when people adopt extreme solutions for resolving these exact same trade-offs, they exhibit highlighting, consistency seeking, and compromise avoidance, respectively. Our review of the choice literature first illustrates how many seemingly unrelated phenomena actually share the same underlying psychology. We then identify variables that promote one solution versus the other. These variables, in turn, systematically influence which of opposite choice effects arise (e.g., highlighting versus balancing). Finally, we demonstrate how several mistakes people purport to make can potentially instead be reinterpreted as mixed solutions for resolving trade-offs. We conclude with guidance for distinguishing mistakes from mixed solutions.

scholarly journals Le « jeune » Flaubert et l’apprentissage des genres littéraires

FRANCISOLA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Moulay Youssef SOUSSOU
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Madame Bovary ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Young Writer ◽  
Genres Litteraires

RÉSUMÉ. L’étude des premiers écrits de Flaubert est  un domaine encore inexploré. Une telle étude est tellement salutaire pour saisir la formation de l’écrivain et décrire l’évolution de son style à travers les différentes étapes de son œuvre de jeunesse marquée par l’exploration de plusieurs genres littéraires. Pourquoi le jeune écrivain privilégie-t-il deux genres majeurs, le genre autobiographique qui lui permet de concrétiser sa faculté lyrique et le genre théâtral où se révèle sa nature oratoire ? Le style de Flaubert est animé par les deux dimensions lyrique et oratoire, lesquelles dimensions marquent le premier roman de maturité Madame Bovary. Si ce roman marque un tournant dans la carrière de l’auteur c’est d’une part parce qu’il cumule les procédés de l’œuvre de jeunesse et d’autre part constitue le dépouillement du style de cette même œuvre. C’est avec et contre les procédés de l’écriture romantique que Flaubert forgera son style. Mots clés : Evolution, Flaubert, Genre, style, Roman.   ABSTRACT. The study of Flaubert's early writings is a domain that has not been explored yet. Conducting such a study is so beneficial for grasping the writer's formation and describing the evolution of his style through the different stages of his youthful work, which is marked by the exploration of several literary genres. Why does the young writer privilege two major genres, the autobiographical genre that allows him to concretize his lyric faculty and the theatrical genre in which his oratorical nature is revealed? Flaubert's style is animated by the two lyrical and oratorical dimensions, which characterize maturity of his first novel Madame Bovary. If this novel marks a turning point in the author’s career, it is because, on the one hand, it combines the processes of the work of youth, and, on the other hand, it consitutes the emerging style of the same work. It is with and against the processes of romantic writing that Flaubert forges his style. Keywords : Evolution, Flaubert, genre, novel, style.

scholarly journals Variable and sub-optimal responses to a choice problem are a persistent default mode

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia R. Hunt ◽  
Warren James ◽  
Josephine Reuther ◽  
Melissa Spilioti ◽  
Eleanor Mackay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Strategy ◽  
Decision Rules ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rational Decision ◽  
Choice Problem ◽  
Default Mode ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Simple Logic ◽  
Simple Decision Rule

Here we report persistent choice variability in the presence of a simple decision rule. Two analogous choice problems are presented, both of which involve making decisions about how to prioritize goals. In one version, participants choose a place to stand to throw a beanbag into one of two hoops. In the other, they must choose a place to fixate to detect a target that could appear in one of two boxes. In both cases, participants do not know which of the locations will be the target when they make their choice. The optimal solution to both problems follows the same, simple logic: when targets are close together, standing at/fixating the midpoint is the best choice. When the targets are far apart, accuracy from the midpoint falls, and standing/fixating close to one potential target achieves better accuracy. People do not follow, or even approach, this optimal strategy, despite substantial potential benefits for performance. Two interventions were introduced to try and shift participants from sub-optimal, variable responses to following a fixed, rational rule. First, we put participants into circumstances in which the solution was obvious. After participants correctly solved the problem there, we immediately presented the slightly-less-obvious context. Second, we guided participants to make choices that followed an optimal strategy, and then removed the guidance and let them freely choose. Following both of these interventions, participants immediately returned to a variable, sub-optimal pattern of responding. The results show that while constructing and implementing rational decision rules is possible, making variable responses to choice problems is a strong and persistent default mode. Borrowing concepts from classic animal learning studies, we suggest this default may persist because choice variability can provide opportunities for reinforcement learning.

Constitutional History

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olof Petersson
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Constitutional Reform ◽  
The Other ◽  
Constitutional History ◽  
History Writing ◽  
Parliamentary Government ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Trade Offs

In one sense, Sweden follows the general pattern of constitution-making. The major shifts in the constitutional history have occurred in the aftermath of great crises. Constitutions have been important as descriptions and justifications of the prevailing forces of power. On the other hand, the constitutions of Sweden have been relatively insignificant as norms regulating political and public life. Constitutions have been important as history writing but relatively unimportant as normative principles shaping society, and, indeed, profound changes such as the introduction of parliamentary government have taken place without constitutional reform. The Swedish welfare state was built upon negotiations and practical trade-offs rather than constitutional arguments.

scholarly journals The Theory of Democratic Antinomies and the Identification of Value Trade-Offs in Political Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Hidalgo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Political Practice ◽  
Relevant Issue ◽  
General Argument ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The One ◽  
Existence Of Value

In theory, the idea of democracy consists of several insoluble contradictions, aporias, and conflicts. In practice, democracy demands an effective balancing of its essentially opposing principles and values in order to preserve an authentic character as well as to avoid its inherent self-destructive tendencies. In this regard, the concept of value trade-offs promises a heuristic tool to grasp both the analytical and normative impact of a political theory which takes the complexity of democracy seriously. Proceeding from this, the contribution will demonstrate to what extent the conceptualisation of democratic antinomies and the notion of value trade-offs can be seen as a kind of communicating vessel. The article’s general argument is that democracy is defined by several antinomies that are irreducible in theory and therefore require trade-offs in political practice. Moreover, it will discuss three relevant issue areas to suggest the approach’s empirical relevance and to prove the existence of value trade-offs as an operating benchmark for the legitimacy and consolidation of democratic processes on the one hand but also for their shortcomings and risks on the other. Correspondingly, the article concerns the antinomic relationships between freedom and security, economic growth and sustainability, and finally, democracy and populism to underpin the general perception that the success of democratic institutions first and foremost depends on the balance of the necessarily conflicting principles of democracy.

Cooperation and Collaboration Using Computer-Mediated Communication

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley G. Hathorn ◽  
Albert L. Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Collaborative Groups ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Cost

This study operationally defined and measured collaboration and compared the products and structure of collaborative groups that used computer-mediated communication. Key characteristics of collaboration selected from the literature were interdependence, synthesis, and independence, and a model for evaluating these characteristics was developed. All communication in this study occurred via asynchronous computer-mediated communication, using a threaded Web discussion. Participants in the study were graduate students, studying the same course with the same instructor at two venues. The students were divided into small groups from one or both venues, and four of these groups were studied. All students were given a problem to solve involving the cost-benefit trade-offs of distance education. The groups received different instructions. Two of them were told to collaborate on a solution, and the other two were told to select a role and discuss the problem from that point of view. Groups that were instructed to collaborate were more collaborative, but they produced a solution of a lower quality than the other groups. No conclusions could be drawn from the results on the structure of the groups. The role of collaboration in problem solving is discussed along with methods for creating more effective collaboration.

Lexicographic Decision Rule

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özgür Şimşek
Keyword(s):  
Decision Rule ◽  
Decision Rules ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Plausible Model ◽  
Decision Alternative ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Decision Alternatives ◽  
Better Than

The lexicographic decision rule is one of the simplest methods of choosing among decision alternatives. It is based on a simple priority ranking of the attributes available. According to the lexicographic decision rule, a decision alternative is better than another alternative if and only if it is better than the other alternative in the most important attribute on which the two alternatives differ. In other words, the lexicographic decision rule does not allow trade-offs among the various attributes. For example, if quality is considered to be more important than cost, no difference in price can compensate for a difference in quality: The lexicographic decision rule chooses the item with the best quality regardless of the cost. Over the years, the lexicographic decision rule has been compared to various statistical learning methods, including multiple linear regression, support vector machines, decision trees, and random forests. The results show that the lexicographic decision rule can sometimes compete remarkably well with more complex statistical methods, and even outperform them, despite its naively simple structure. These results have stimulated a rich scientific literature on why, and under what conditions, lexicographic decision rules yield accurate decisions. Due to the simplicity of its decision process, its fast execution time, and the robustness of its performance in various decision environments, the lexicographic decision rule is considered to be a plausible model of human decision making. In particular, the lexicographic decision rule is put forward as a model of how the human mind implements bounded rationality to make accurate decisions when information is scarce, time is short, and computational capacity is limited.

scholarly journals Understanding Public Hurricane Evacuation Decisions and Responses to Forecast and Warning Messages*

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Morss ◽  
Julie L. Demuth ◽  
Jeffrey K. Lazo ◽  
Katherine Dickinson ◽  
Heather Lazrus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surge ◽  
Information Source ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Unintended Effects ◽  
Hurricane Evacuation ◽  
Warning Messages ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Different Types

Abstract This study uses data from a survey of coastal Miami-Dade County, Florida, residents to explore how different types of forecast and warning messages influence evacuation decisions, in conjunction with other factors. The survey presented different members of the public with different test messages about the same hypothetical hurricane approaching Miami. Participants’ responses to the information were evaluated using questions about their likelihood of evacuating and their perceptions of the information and the information source. Recipients of the test message about storm surge height and the message about extreme impacts from storm surge had higher evacuation intentions, compared to nonrecipients. However, recipients of the extreme-impacts message also rated the information as more overblown and the information source as less reliable. The probabilistic message about landfall location interacted with the other textual messages in unexpected ways, reducing the other messages’ effects on evacuation intentions. These results illustrate the importance of considering trade-offs, unintended effects, and information interactions when deciding how to convey weather information. Recipients of the test message that described the effectiveness of evacuation had lower perceptions that the information was overblown, suggesting the potential value of efficacy messaging. In addition, respondents with stronger individualist worldviews rated the information as significantly more overblown and had significantly lower evacuation intentions. This illustrates the importance of understanding how and why responses to weather messages vary across subpopulations. Overall, the analysis demonstrates the potential value of systematically investigating how different people respond to different types of weather risk messages.

scholarly journals Representations and decision rules in the theory of self-deception

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Pinker
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Error ◽  
Decision Rule ◽  
Decision Rules ◽  
Internal Representation ◽  
The Other

AbstractSelf-deception is a powerful but overapplied theory. It is adaptive only when a deception-detecting audience is in the loop, not when an inaccurate representation is invoked as an internal motivator. First, an inaccurate representation cannot be equated with self-deception, which entails two representations, one inaccurate and the other accurate. Second, any motivational advantages are best achieved with an adjustment to the decision rule on when to act, not with a systematic error in an internal representation.

Violância Familiar em Gêneros Literários e não Literários

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 286
Author(s):  
Jaime André Klein ◽  
Angela De Fátima Langa ◽  
Patrícia Luísa Klein Santos
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Flash Fiction ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Keywords Domestic Violence

Este artigo analisa a temática da violência familiar. Busca-se investigar, por meio da linha americana de comparatismo como método de análise e também utilizando noções de intertextualidade, de que forma a violência familiar é abordada em dois gêneros literários, um miniconto e umromance, e em dois gêneros não literários, duas charges. Pretende-se averiguar a intencionalidade desses objetos para com o leitor: chocar,fazer refletir, criticar ou sensibilizar. Tem-se como objetos de estudo um miniconto, de Flora Medeiros, o romance “Becos da Memória”,de Conceição Evaristo, e duas charges, uma de Janilton Nunes e outra de Arionauro da Silva Santos. Por meio do estudo realizado pode-se perceber que os agressores, geralmente, são os pais, cuja função seria garantir a segurança e a afetividade dos seus filhos. Ademais, destaca-se que a temática da violência está presente no cotidiano e na constituição da sociedade brasileira. Palavras-chave: Violência Familiar. Literatura. Gêneros Literários. Gêneros não-Literários. Intertextualidade. AbstractThis article examines the topic of family violence. The aim is to investigate, through the Comparatism American line as an analysis method and also using notions of Intertextuality, how the domestic violence is approached in two literary genres, a Flash fiction and a novel, and in two genres, non-literary, two chargers. The aim is to ascertain the intention of those objects to the reader: to shock, to make them reflect, criticize or raise awareness. It has as study objects a Flash fiction, byFlora Medeiros, the novel “Becos da Memória”, , by Conceição Evaristo, and two charges, one by Nandi and Janilton Nunes and the other by Arionauro da Silva Santos . Through the study carried out it is possible to realize that the attackers are usually the parents, whose function would be to ensure their children’s safety and the affection. Furthermore, the topic of violence is present in daily life and in the constitution of the brazilian society. Keywords: Domestic Violence. Literature. Literary Genres. Non Literary Genres. Intertextuality.

The Ethical Dilemmas and Social Scientific Trade-offs of Masking in Ethnography

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 801-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Jerolmack ◽  
Alexandra K. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Neutral Position ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
False Sense ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
The One

Masking, the practice of hiding or distorting identifying information about people, places, and organizations, is usually considered a requisite feature of ethnographic research and writing. This is justified both as an ethical obligation to one’s subjects and as a scientifically neutral position (as readers are enjoined to treat a case’s idiosyncrasies as sociologically insignificant). We question both justifications, highlighting potential ethical dilemmas and obstacles to constructing cumulative social science that can arise through masking. Regarding ethics, we show, on the one hand, how masking may give subjects a false sense of security because it implies a promise of confidentiality that it often cannot guarantee and, on the other hand, how naming may sometimes be what subjects want and expect. Regarding scientific tradeoffs, we argue that masking can reify ethnographic authority, exaggerate the universality of the case (e.g., “Middletown”), and inhibit replicability (or “revisits”) and sociological comparison. While some degree of masking is ethically and practically warranted in many cases and the value of disclosure varies across ethnographies, we conclude that masking should no longer be the default option that ethnographers unquestioningly choose.

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