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  • Choice behavior as a function of memory in preschool children

    Creator:
    Glim, Margaret Ellen
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the memory factors associated with preschoolers' performance in a two-choice, uncertain outcome decision situation. Choice behavior was examined under two conditions: one, (NMA), in which the child was required to rely on his memory to establish an appropriate prediction of the occurrence...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Neumann and Morgenstern, 1947; and Siegel, 1964 and are reported in Messick and Brayfield (1964). Of

  • The utility of a correct choice under conditions of verbal reinforcement

    Creator:
    Nayak, Sheela Ramesh
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to test Siegel's utility model of choice behavior under conditions of verbal reinforcement, in a nursery school population of both sexes. Two major hypotheses were tested: The ordinal hypothesis stated that under conditions of increased value of the payoff subjects' stable-state strategies will occur...
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    Masters Thesis
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    developed by Von Neumann, and 3 Morgenstern in 1944 (Siegel 1964). For present purposes the term