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Direct linkSims, Chris R.; Neth, Hansjorg; Jacobs, Robert A.; Gray, Wayne D. – Psychological Review, 2013
Melioration--defined as choosing a lesser, local gain over a greater longer term gain--is a behavioral tendency that people and pigeons share. As such, the empirical occurrence of meliorating behavior has frequently been interpreted as evidence that the mechanisms of human choice violate the norms of economic rationality. In some environments, the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Correlation, Learning Experience, Behavior Patterns
