Post-error recklessness and the hot hand
Although post-error slowing and the ``hot hand'' (streaks of good performance) are both types of sequential dependencies arising from the differential influence of success and failure, they have not previously been studied together. We bring together these two streams of research in a task...
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| author | Paul Williams Andrew Heathcote Keith Nesbitt Ami Eidels |
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| description | Although post-error
slowing and the ``hot hand'' (streaks of good performance) are both types of
sequential dependencies arising from the differential influence of success and
failure, they have not previously been studied together. We bring together
these two streams of research in a task where difficulty can be controlled by
participants delaying their decisions, and where responses required a degree
deliberation, and so are relatively slow. We compared performance of unpaid
participants against paid participants who were rewarded differentially, with
higher reward for better performance. In contrast to most previous results, we
found no post-error slowing for paid or unpaid participants. For the unpaid
group, we found post-error speeding and a hot hand, even though the hot hand is
typically considered a fallacy. Our results suggest that the effect of success
and failure on subsequent performance may differ substantially with task
characteristics and demands. We also found payment affected post-error
performance; financially rewarding successful performance led to a more
cautious approach following errors, whereas unrewarded performance led to
recklessness following errors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bbdf99192994763a830bef2550d515d2023-09-03T06:14:30ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752016-03-01112174184Post-error recklessness and the hot handPaul WilliamsAndrew HeathcoteKeith NesbittAmi EidelsAlthough post-error slowing and the ``hot hand'' (streaks of good performance) are both types of sequential dependencies arising from the differential influence of success and failure, they have not previously been studied together. We bring together these two streams of research in a task where difficulty can be controlled by participants delaying their decisions, and where responses required a degree deliberation, and so are relatively slow. We compared performance of unpaid participants against paid participants who were rewarded differentially, with higher reward for better performance. In contrast to most previous results, we found no post-error slowing for paid or unpaid participants. For the unpaid group, we found post-error speeding and a hot hand, even though the hot hand is typically considered a fallacy. Our results suggest that the effect of success and failure on subsequent performance may differ substantially with task characteristics and demands. We also found payment affected post-error performance; financially rewarding successful performance led to a more cautious approach following errors, whereas unrewarded performance led to recklessness following errors.http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15914a/jdm15914a.pdfpost-error slowing hot hand cognitive control financial incentivesNAKeywords |
| spellingShingle | Paul Williams Andrew Heathcote Keith Nesbitt Ami Eidels Post-error recklessness and the hot hand Judgment and Decision Making post-error slowing hot hand cognitive control financial incentivesNAKeywords |
| title | Post-error
recklessness and the hot hand |
| title_full | Post-error
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| title_fullStr | Post-error
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| title_full_unstemmed | Post-error
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| title_short | Post-error
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| title_sort | post error recklessness and the hot hand |
| topic | post-error slowing hot hand cognitive control financial incentivesNAKeywords |
| url | http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15914a/jdm15914a.pdf |
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