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Walasek, Lukasz and Bhatia, Sudeep (2019) Association and response accuracy in the wild. Memory & Cognition, 47 . pp. 292-298. doi:10.3758/s13421-018-0869-6 ISSN 0090-502X.

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Abstract

We studied contestant accuracy and error in a popular television quiz show, Jeopardy!. Using vector-based knowledge representations obtained from distributional models of semantic memory, we computed the strength of association between clues and responses in over 5,000 televised games. Such representations have been shown to play a key role in memory and judgment, and consistent with this work, we find that contestants are more likely to provide correct responses when these responses are strongly associated with their clues, and more likely to provide incorrect responses when correct responses are weakly or negatively associated with their clues. This effect is stronger for easier questions with low monetary values, and for questions in which contestants compete to respond quickly. Our results show how distributional models of semantic memory can be used to predict human behavior in naturalistic high-level judgment tasks with skilled participants and significant monetary and social incentives.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Semantics, Computational linguistics, Knowledge representation (Information theory), Judgment, Response consistency, Big data, Television quiz shows
Journal or Publication Title: Memory & Cognition
Publisher: Springer US
ISSN: 0090-502X
Official Date: 15 February 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
15 February 2019Published
15 October 2018Available
30 September 2018Accepted
Volume: 47
Page Range: pp. 292-298
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-018-0869-6
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Memory & Cognition. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-018-0869-6
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 26 October 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 15 October 2019
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
SES-1626825National Science Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
RP2012-V-022Leverhulme Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275

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