Incentive Relativity (Hardcover)

Charles F. Flaherty

ISBN 10: 0521381185 / ISBN 13: 9780521381185

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996

Hardcover. Incentive relativity is the study of the disappointment and irritation shown by animals and humans when they fail to obtain an expected reward. This book provides a full account of the subject, focusing on animals' responses to the relative value of rewards. These relativity effects cause stress in animals but they may also inspire adaptation beneficial to survival. This text shows how animal research may lead to an understanding of individual differences in discernment and susceptibility to disappointment, and to an understanding of both the advantages and disadvantages of dissatisfaction. Disappointment and recovery occur frequently in life, as does irritation regarding one's financial or economic state compared with others. Incentive relativity is the study of this phenomenon, and this is an account of the subject. The book shows that these relativity effects are stressful but they may also be adaptive. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780521381185

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Incentive relativity is the study of the irritation and disappointment shown by animals and humans when they fail to obtain an expected reward, and this book provides a full account of the subject.

Recensione: "The strength of Flaherty's book lies in its very thorough and clear review of the literature on the different varieties of contrast. ...it provides valuable background for researchers intrigued by the puzzles of contrast and by the questin of how to compute relative value temporally distant events." K. Geoffrey White, The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Titolo: Incentive Relativity (Hardcover)
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Data di pubblicazione: 1996
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: new