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Peer reviewedEnglish, Justin; Allison, James – Psychological Review, 1993
A model is presented that demonstrates that a random response to external constraint can produce results similar to those predicted by more complex models. Behavior that appears rational, optimal, or adaptive may truly be a random response to external constraint. Predictions based on this model may provide appropriate null hypotheses. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Graphs, Hypothesis Testing, Mathematical Models
Peer reviewedMarch, James G.; Shapira, Zur – Psychological Review, 1992
Random-walk conceptions of performance, aspirations, and risk preferences are used to model a pattern of risk taking responsive to a risk taker's changing fortune. The impact of adaptive aspirations and attention focus on risk taking over time is explored for cohorts and a renewing population of risk takers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attention, Behavior Patterns, Change
Peer reviewedCochran, Susan D.; Mays, Vickie M. – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Highlights difficulties inherent in applying existing models of attitude-behavior relationships to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) risk behavior of African Americans. The relevant determinants of African-American risk behaviors may not be captured by these social psychological models that may ignore uniquely African-American issues.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Afrocentrism, Behavior Patterns, Black Attitudes
