TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Herzog, Bodo
A1  - Schnee, Stefanie
T1  - Exploring a dualism of human rationality: experimental study of a cheating contest game
JF  - International journal of environmental research and public health
N2  - Rational behavior is a standard assumption in science. Indeed, rationality is required for environmental action towards net-zero emissions or public health interventions during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Yet, little is known about the elements of rationality. This paper explores a dualism of rationality comprised of optimality and consistency. By designing a new guessing game, we experimentally uncover and disentangle two building blocks of human rationality: the notions of optimality and consistency. We find evidence that rationality is largely associated to optimality and weakly to consistency. Remarkably, under uncertainty, rationality gradually shifts to a heuristic notion. Our findings provide insights to better understand human decision making.
KW  - decision making
KW  - policy making
KW  - behavioral sciences
KW  - psychology
KW  - consistency
KW  - optimality
KW  - dualism of rationality
KW  - guessing game
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-39308
SN  - 1661-7827
SS  - 1661-7827
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137675
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137675
VL  - 19
IS  - 13
SP  - 13
S1  - 13
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -