IS COMPETITIVE PRESSURE NECESSARY FOR LOSS-INDUCED RANDOM BEHAVIOR?

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dc.contributor.advisorMayr, Ulrich
dc.contributor.advisorMoss, Melissa
dc.contributor.advisorDudukovic, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorByers, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-12T20:14:47Z
dc.date.available2022-07-12T20:14:47Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSuccessfully navigating unfamiliar environments requires the ability to accurately update and apply a valid mental model of the environment to influence the next best move, and switch to other strategies if necessary. Recent research by Kikumoto & Mayr (2019) has shown that in competitive situations, humans employ model-based choice strategy following immediate positive feedback, but revert to random, stochastic choices following negative feedback. In this study, we attempt to recreate the results these authors found, but in a noncompetitive context. In one experiment measuring human subjects’ likelihood to switch tasks based on positive or negative feedback, we find similar results; participants will make mental models of an unfamiliar situation and repeat an action when rewarded with positive outcomes, but revert to a stochastic choice strategy when faced with negative outcomes, suggesting that this phenomenon is a general cognitive strategy in navigating unfamiliar environments and not exclusive to competition alone.en_US
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1674-8473
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/27275
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subjectpsychologyen_US
dc.subjectneuroscienceen_US
dc.subjectworking memoryen_US
dc.subjectcompetitive pressureen_US
dc.titleIS COMPETITIVE PRESSURE NECESSARY FOR LOSS-INDUCED RANDOM BEHAVIOR?
dc.typeThesis/Dissertation

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