title: Delay discounting of different commodities.
abstract: When outcomes are delayed, their value is decreased. Delay discounting is a much-studied topic because it is correlated with certain disorders (e.g., pathological gambling). The present study attempts to determine how people would delay discount a number of different commodities, ranging from money to dating partners to federal education legislation. Participants completed delay discounting tasks pertaining to 5 different commodities, with a different set of 5 commodities for 2 groups. Results showed that different commodities were often discounted differently. Both data sets were also subjected to factor analysis. A 2-factor solution was found for both, suggesting that there are multiple "domains" of commodities. This finding is of interest because it suggests that measuring delay discounting for one commodity within a particular domain of commodities will be predictive of how people discount other commodities within that domain but will not be predictive of how they discount commodities within another domain.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380, USA. jeffrey_weatherly@und.nodak.edu
authors: Jeffrey N
authors: JN
authors: Weatherly
authors: Heather K
authors: HK
authors: Terrell
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Derenne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult