SeventhNadir comments on Applying Behavioral Psychology on Myself - Less Wrong

53 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 20 June 2010 06:25AM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 20 June 2010 11:41:30PM 11 points [-]

Why did you choose 50% chance of reward of the gummy, and not 100%? Or half a gummy?

There's a lot of evidence that randomized reward schemes are more addictive than non-randomized reward schemes. This is one major reason why gambling is so addictive.

Comment author: SeventhNadir 21 June 2010 03:37:56PM 3 points [-]

In addition, a guaranteed reward could create an anchoring on the reward, devaluing it.