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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2008;28(6):829–833. doi: 10.1177/0272989X08327069

Table 1.

Examples of Additional Nominated Theories

Theory Illustrative Reference
Appraisal Tendency Theory Lerner & Keltner (2001)18
Behavioral Decision Making Framework Fischhoff (2008)19
Cognitive-Experiential (System 1 vs. 2) Epstein (1994)20
Expected Utility Theory Edwards (1992)21
Illness Script Theory van Schaik et al. (2005)22
MINERVA-DM Dougherty, Gettys, & Ogden (1999)23
Prospect Theory Tversky & Kahneman (1981)6
Support Theory Tversky & Koehler (1994)24
Query Theory Weber et al. (2007)25

Note: Some potentially viable naturalistic and evolutionary theories are not listed because they do not yet make specific, falsifiable predictions or have not been subjected to sufficient empirical tests. Theories advanced mainly in books, which are generally not peer-reviewed, are also not considered (unless they are supported by peer-reviewed evidence).