title: Physics envy: trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
abstract: Pothos & Busemeyer (P&B) argue that classical probability (CP) fails to describe human decision processes accurately and should be supplanted by quantum probability. We accept the premise, but reject P&B's conclusion. CP is a prescriptive framework that has inspired a great deal of valuable research. Also, because CP is used across the sciences, it is a cornerstone of interdisciplinary collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bluemont Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. shanteau@k-state.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shanteau
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011338:Probability Theory; D011789:Quantum Theory