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Definitions of transitivity of choice are provided for latency of choice, and it is shown that in both preferential and judgmental choice behavior this definition accurately reflects probabilistic transitivity of choice. It is shown, moreover, that both temporal and probabilistic transitivity are subject to laterality effects as predicted by Coombs’ unfolding theory.
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This work was supported in part by U.S.P.H.S. Grants M.H. 04236(C1), and NIHTIGM 1231-01.
The author wishes to thank Dr. C. H. Coombs and Dr. Robyn M. Dawes for the encouragement and helpful criticisms.
At the time of preparation of this report the author discovered that Gordon Bechtel at the Oregon Research Institute had independently arrived at similar definitions of transitivity of response latency.
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Petrusic, W.M. Latency, stochastic dominance, and laterality effects. Psychon Sci 5, 375–376 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328446
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