A new look at the "Asian disease" problem: A choice between the best possible outcomes or between the worst possible outcomes?

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	A new look at the "Asian disease" problem: A choice between the best possible outcomes or between the worst possible outcomes?
	Li, S; Xie, XF ; X. F. Xie
摘要	The "Asian disease" problem (Tversky & Kahneman, 1981) demonstrated behaviour in contradiction to the invariance axiom of EU theory. However, the risky choice behaviour was simply seen by the equate-to-differentiate model as a choice between the best possible outcomes or a choice between the worst possible outcomes. It was then argued that a way in which frame influences choice is through the perceived difference between possible outcomes. A "judgement" task was designed to examine whether the knowledge of "the value difference between each possible outcome and the certain outcome" will permit prediction of preference in the choice pattern related to the Asian disease problem. Participants were exposed to an anthrax disease problem (the original or probabilistic version of the Asian disease problem) and a SARS problem (the fuzzy version of the Asian disease problem). It was shown that the empirical evidence in relation to the Asian disease problem could be satisfactorily accounted for by the generalised weak dominance strategy revealed by the judgement results.; The "Asian disease" problem (Tversky & Kahneman, 1981) demonstrated behaviour in contradiction to the invariance axiom of EU theory. However, the risky choice behaviour was simply seen by the equate-to-differentiate model as a choice between the best possible outcomes or a choice between the worst possible outcomes. It was then argued that a way in which frame influences choice is through the perceived difference between possible outcomes. A "judgement" task was designed to examine whether the knowledge of "the value difference between each possible outcome and the certain outcome" will permit prediction of preference in the choice pattern related to the Asian disease problem. Participants were exposed to an anthrax disease problem (the original or probabilistic version of the Asian disease problem) and a SARS problem (the fuzzy version of the Asian disease problem). It was shown that the empirical evidence in relation to the Asian disease problem could be satisfactorily accounted for by the generalised weak dominance strategy revealed by the judgement results.
学科领域	认知心理学
	2006-05-01
语种	英语
发表期刊	THINKING & REASONING
ISSN	1354-6783
卷号	12 期号:2 页码:129-143
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000237865500001
引用统计	被引频次：19[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5129
专题	中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)
通讯作者	X. F. Xie
作者单位	1.Peking Univ, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 2.China Peking Univ, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, S,Xie, XF,X. F. Xie. A new look at the "Asian disease" problem: A choice between the best possible outcomes or between the worst possible outcomes?[J]. THINKING & REASONING,2006,12(2):129-143.
APA	Li, S,Xie, XF,&X. F. Xie.(2006).A new look at the "Asian disease" problem: A choice between the best possible outcomes or between the worst possible outcomes?.THINKING & REASONING,12(2),129-143.
MLA	Li, S,et al."A new look at the "Asian disease" problem: A choice between the best possible outcomes or between the worst possible outcomes?".THINKING & REASONING 12.2(2006):129-143.

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