Abstract
Recent research in the behavioral decision making literature has demonstrated that humans hyperbolically discount the subjective value of options as the number of options increases (Reed et al., 2012). These findings provide a cognitive-behavioral synthesis of the "choice overload" phenomenon, also known as the "paradox of choice." Specifically, these findings suggest that temporal discounting may serve as the underlying process contributing to this effect. As an extension, this study examined the effects of reward magnitude sizes had on rates temporal and options discounting. This manipulation was conducted to determine what role temporal discounting plays in discounting of options. The present results suggest that temporal discounting may not be the only process contributing to the choice overload effect.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 21-24 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Behavioural Processes |
| Volume | 97 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors express sincere gratitude to Todd McKerchar for his insight on data interpretations. Portions of this study were funded by a Research Award to the first author through the Honors Program at the University of Kansas.
Keywords
- Choice
- Choice overload
- Delay discounting
- Options discounting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Behavioral Neuroscience