Citation

Reed DD, Kaplan BA, Brewer AT. Behav. Processes 2012; 90(3): 424-427.

Affiliation

University of Kansas, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.beproc.2012.03.017

PMID

22503945

Abstract

Organisms prefer to make their own choices. However, emerging research from behavioral decision making sciences has demonstrated that there are boundaries to the preference for choice. Specifically, many decision makers find an extensive array of choice options to be aversive, often leading to negative emotional states and poor behavioral outcomes. This study examined the degree to which human participants discounted hypothetical rewards that were (a) delayed, (b) probabilistic, and (c) chosen from a large array of options. The present results suggest that the "paradox of choice" effect may be explained within a discounting model for individual patterns of decision making.

Language: en