preference
Let an agent explain preferences and how they are measured and modelled, apply preference concepts in decisions and design, describe preferences in animals and across the lifespan, and note limits of popular frameworks.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain preferences and how they are measured and modelled, apply preference concepts in decisions and design, describe preferences in animals and across the lifespan, and note limits of popular frameworks.
The favouring of one option, object or outcome over others by a person, animal or group, expressed in choices such as food preferences, social preferences, habitat and foraging preferences in animals and stated or revealed preferences in economics, and popularised in ideas such as love languages; preferences are studied in psychology, economics, marketing and ecology and can be measured, modelled and changed.
What it is for: Favouring some options over others.
It can be explain preference concepts; measure and model preferences; apply preferences in decisions and design; describe animal and lifespan preferences.
Distinguishing features
Comparative
Measurable
Context-dependent
Individual and social
What it looks like
Not physical; a disposition revealed in choices.
How it is recognised
Favouring among options
Stated or revealed
A random choice shows no preference
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - a preference pattern
is related to - chosen avoidance
is related to - social preferences
In practice
Families and kinds
consumer and food preferences
social preferences such as fairness
stated and revealed preferences in economics
habitat and foraging preferences in animals
preferences across the lifespan
Standards and regulation
Research ethics for preference studies
Consumer protection on preference-based marketing
Data protection for preference data
Failure modes and hazards
Assuming preferences are fixed
Manipulating preferences unethically
Overstating popular frameworks such as love languages
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.preference
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What preferences are.
Concepts.
Concept
Preference concepts.
Concept
Concept.
- What is a preference, and how do stated, revealed and social preferences differ? definition
- How do economists model preferences with orderings and utility? definition
Origins
Where preferences come from.
Origins
Origins.
- How do preferences form and change, according to psychology and neuroscience? provenance
- How do food preferences change in older adults? provenance
Measure Measuring preferences.
Methods.
Methods
Elicitation methods.
Methods
Methods.
- How can preferences be measured with surveys, conjoint analysis, choice experiments or behaviour data? action
- Which biases affect measurement? provenance
Model
Modelling preferences.
Model
Modelling.
- How can preferences be modelled for recommendation or decision analysis? action
- What are the ethical limits of preference-based personalisation? boundary
Apply Using preferences.
Practice.
Design
Design and policy.
Design
Design.
- How can products, services and policies be designed around user preferences without manipulation? action
- How are preference conflicts in groups resolved? action
Personal
Personal preferences.
Personal
Personal.
- How can someone clarify their own preferences for a decision? action
- What do popular frameworks such as love languages claim, and what does research say? provenance
Nature Preferences in animals.
Ecology.
Animals
Habitat and foraging.
Animals
Animals.
- How are habitat and foraging preferences studied in animals, and what do they reveal? provenance
- How do preferences relate to fitness? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can preference theory be taught with experiments? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should social preferences be a separate entry?
- How should measurement methods be linked?
- How should popular frameworks be attributed?