Children understand that agents maximize expected utilities.
A growing set of studies suggests that our ability to infer, and reason about, mental states is supported by the assumption that agents maximize utilities-the rewards they attain minus the costs they incur. This assumption enables observers to work backward from agents' observed behavior to the...
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| Language: | English |
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American Psychological Association (APA),
2018-01-16T18:08:51Z.
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