Formalizing Heuristics in Decision-Making: A Quantum Probability Perspective

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Pothos, Emmanuel M. Busemeyer, Jerome R.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	One of the most influential research programs in psychology is that of Tversky and Kahneman's (1973, 1983) on heuristics and biases in decision-making. Two characteristics of this program are, first, compelling empirical demonstrations that in some decision-making situations naive observers violate the rules of classic probability (CP) theory and, second, that corresponding behavior can be explained with simple heuristics. Tversky and Kahneman's work has led to a vast literature on what is the basis for psychological process in decision-making. Note that their work, however impactful, has not settled the debate of whether CP theory is suitable for modeling cognition or not. CP models have attracted enormous interest and they often do provide excellent coverage of cognitive processes (e.g., Oaksford and Chater, 2007; Griffiths et al., 2010; Tenenbaum et al., 2011).
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DOI	10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00289
PubMed reference number	22121355
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	2
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://journal-cdn.frontiersin.org/article/11504/files/pubmed-zip/versions/2/pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00289
Journal	Front. Psychology
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article