Modelling curiosity in decision-making

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• 作者：Kusha Baharlou
• 关键词：Curiosity ; Choice ; Decision ; making
• 刊名：Theory and Decision
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：82
• 期：1
• 页码：75-91
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• 刊物类别：Business and Economics
• 刊物主题：Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences; Operation Research/Decision Theory; Behavioral/Experimental Economics; Statistics for B
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-7187
• 卷排序：82

文摘

This paper develops a model of choice with an agent that is capable of experiencing curiosity using Loewenstein’s (Psychol Bull 116(1):75–98, 1994) information gap interpretation of curiosity. We then proceed to determine the restrictions on choice behaviour implied by the model in two choice environments: no discovery—where the Decision-Maker does not have the opportunity to learn—and discovery—where she is afforded such an opportunity. These restrictions can be applied by an observer to determine if a Decision-Maker’s choices align with the model.