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Ann Behav Med. 2009 Dec;38 Suppl 1:S81-7. doi: 10.1007/s12160-009-9121-8. Epub 2009 Sep 29.
In this commentary, I review a key theme-the construction of preferences-that underlies the psychology of judgment and decision making and may influence eating behaviors. Its central idea is that, in many situations, we do not know what we prefer and, as a result, we construct our preferences "on the spot" based on internal and external cues available at the moment.
To understand the extent of construction processes, one has to know both the decision maker (and how he or she draws meaning from information) and the environment she or he faces. I consider possible roles for affect and deliberation in the construction of eating preferences and also examine some existing evidence for two potentially important individual differences--numeracy (number ability) and aging.
Research implications concerning ways to improve eating behaviors are considered.
在这篇评论中，我回顾了一个关键主题——偏好构建，它是判断和决策心理学的基础，可能会影响饮食行为。其核心思想是，在许多情况下，我们不知道自己喜欢什么，因此，我们会根据当下可用的内部和外部线索“当场”构建我们的偏好。
要了解构建过程的程度，人们必须了解决策者（以及他或她如何从信息中获取意义）和他或她所面临的环境。我考虑了影响和深思熟虑在饮食偏好构建中的可能作用，还研究了两个潜在的重要个体差异——计算能力（数字能力）和衰老。
考虑了关于改善饮食行为的研究意义。
