The Role of Decision Theory in Behavior

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Spencer: Decision theory seems to cover all of these scenarios. Divya: I think then there probably is some sort of reinforcement learning going on inside your brain, even when it's those other things. Spencer: Sometimes physics is useful at a higher layer of abstraction than biology or chemistry.

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What is the Internal Family Systems model? What kinds of information do our emotions give us? How many agents live in our heads? And, if there's more than one, how well do those agents cooperate? What is operant conditioning? What is attachment theory? How does parenting differ from animal training? Is decision theory able to unify many different psychological theories?

Divia Eden has always been interested in understanding how minds work, and she currently spends most of her time unschooling her three kids. You can find out more about her at becomingeden.com or follow her on Twitter at @diviacaroline.

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