A Recruitment Theory of Simple Behavior
- 1 December 1962
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 27 (4) , 375-396
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02289645
Abstract
A statistical theory of choice is developed using a sequential sampling assumption. Response latency distributions for certain simple reaction-time situations are derived and tested. Both response probability and response latency measures are developed for a two-alternative judgment situation and the relationship between the two measures explored. The sampling parameter is proposed as a means of representing incentive conditions in choice situations and ROC curves are obtained by appropriate manipulations of this parameter. A solution to the overlap problem in simple discrimination-learning situations is also derived.Keywords
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