Past and present environments: the evolution of decision making

• Autores: Andreas Wilke, Peter M. Todd
• Localización: Psicothema, ISSN-e 1886-144X, ISSN 0214-9915, Vol. 22, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 4-8
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Ambientes pasados y presentes: la evolución de la toma de decisiones. La mente humana está repleta de mecanismos evolutivos de toma de decisiones diseñados para alcanzar importantes metas adaptativas.

    En este artículo se traza un marco para el estudio de dichos mecanismos desde la perspectiva de la psicología evolucionista, haciendo énfasis en la importancia de las numerosas influencias que el ambiente tiene en la formación y funcionamiento de las estrategias de decisión. Estas estrategias adoptan a menudo la forma de heurísticos sencillos construidos a partir de componentes que, a su vez, emanan de capacidades que han evolucionado, encajando con determinadas estructuras de información del entorno.

    Aquí se ilustran estas ideas con dos ejemplos de heurísticos empleados en dominios adaptativos importantes: decidir cuándo abandonar un área con recursos y predecir cuándo una secuencia de eventos se detendrá o continuará.

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