Acquisition functions in contingency judgment

摘要: Abstract Two experiments investigated the way in which judgments of extent to an action caused outcome changed as more experience actionoutcome contingency was presented. In first experiment increased across trials when there a positive and decreased negative contingency. noncontingent situations were biased by overall probability outcome. second changes under contingencies persisted even subjects given opportunity dissociate their causality from degree confidence those judgments. The results are at variance with dP dD theories attempt account for terms statistical rules based on probabilities or frequencies relevant events. If such modified, however, take regression subjects' estimates onto actual frequencies, then data could be accommodated. On other hand, simple associative view is also able data.