Search for dissertations about: "PROBEX"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word PROBEX.

2. 1. Bounded Rationality and Exemplar Models

   Author : Magnus Persson; Peter Juslin; Nick Chater; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; PROBEX; Lazy Algorithm; Probabilistic Inference; Decision Making; Bounded Rationality; Ecological Rationality; Take The Best; exemplar models; correspondence; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Bounded rationality is the study of how human cognition with limited capacity is adapted to handle the complex information structures in the environment. This thesis argues that in order to understand the bounded rationality of decision processes, it is necessary to develop decision theories that are computational process models based upon basic cognitive and perceptual mechanisms. READ MORE

4. 2. In Search of Prototypes and Feminist Bank-Tellers: Exploring the Representativeness Heuristic

   Author : Håkan Nilsson; Peter Juslin; Karl Halvor Teigen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Psychology; Cognitive psychology; Subjective probability; Representativeness heuristic; PROBEX; Category learning; Cognitive modeling; Conjunction fallacy; Psykologi;

   Abstract : According to the heuristics and biases approach, the representativeness heuristic (RH) is one of the heuristics available for assessing subjective probabilities (A. Tversky & D. Kahneman, 1974). A subjective probability assessed by the RH is determined by how representative the target object is of the target category. READ MORE