Decision Field Theory: A Dynamic-Cognitive Approach to Decision Making in an Uncertain Environment.

Busemeyer, Jerome R.; Townsend, James T.

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ERIC Number: EJ471949

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Publication Date: 1993

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Decision Field Theory: A Dynamic-Cognitive Approach to Decision Making in an Uncertain Environment.

Busemeyer, Jerome R.; Townsend, James T.

Psychological Review, v100 n3 p432-59 Jul 1993

A decision field theory is proposed and used to explain motivational and cognitive mechanisms that guide the deliberation process involved in decisions made under uncertainty. Decision theories are extended into the stochastic-dynamic category. The proposed theory is compared with four other theories of decision making under uncertainty. (SLD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Motivation, Probability, Theories

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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