Department of
Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University
Wednesday, December 02
3:30 p.m. in 101 Love
Abstract
| While contests can help an individual secure access to vital
resources, the energy or time necessary to engage in contest
behavior can be detrimental. Consequently, several factors play a
role in decisions about contest engagement and persistence.
Current models interested in unraveling the mysteries of decision
making in contests focus on the relationship between one or more
physical characteristics and the duration of a contest.
Unfortunately, this only addresses one piece of the puzzle. In our
quest for a new model of assessment we must incorporate more
variables that affect these decisions (i.e. resource value,
previous experience, information availability) and examine how
their effects are altered as environmental conditions change. My
seminar focuses on building the future of measurement and
prediction of decision making in contests using an animal model for
which all of this information is already available. |
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