Zhang, Yiwen
(2022)
Causal Learning With Delays Up To 21 Hours.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Considerable delays between causes and effects are commonly found in real life. However, previous studies have only investigated how well people can learn probabilistic relations with delays on the order of seconds. In the current study we tested whether people can learn a cause-effect relation with delays of 0, 3, 9, or 21 hours, and the study lasted 16 days. Surprisingly, we found that participants were able to learn the causal relation about equally as well in all four conditions. These findings demonstrate a remarkable ability to accurately learn causal relations in a realistic timeframe.
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| Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
24 February 2022 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
16 September 2021 |
| Approval Date: |
24 February 2022 |
| Submission Date: |
8 November 2021 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
44 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
MS - Master of Science |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
delay, causal learning, ecological momentary experiments |
| Date Deposited: |
24 Feb 2022 15:29 |
| Last Modified: |
24 Feb 2022 15:29 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/41925 |
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