The opportunity cost model: Automaticity, individual differences, and self-control resources

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Hagger, Martin S
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I contend that Kurzban et al.'s model is silent on three issues. First, the extent to which opportunity-cost computations are automatic or deliberative is unclear. Second, the role of individual differences in biasing opportunity-cost computations needs elucidating. Third, in the absence of "next-best" tasks, task persistence will be indefinite, which seems unfeasible, so perhaps integration with a limited-resource account is necessary. © Cambridge University Press 2013.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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36

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6

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© 2013 Cambridge University Press. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.

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Hagger, MS, The opportunity cost model: Automaticity, individual differences, and self-control resources, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36 (6), pp. 687-688

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