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MOST MODELS OF CHOICE THREAT DECISIONS AS IF THEY OCCUR BUT ONCE. BUT PEOPLE ARE CONTINUALLY MAKING CHOICES, AND OFTEN THEY ARE ASKED TO MAKE SIMILAR CHOICES AT DIFFERENT TIMES. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO FIND CHOICE REVERSALS, IN WHICH A CHOICE MADE AT ONE TIME IS REVERSED AT ANOTHER. EVEN IF CHOICE REVERSALS DO NOT OCCUR, BECAUSE EXACTLY SIMILAR CHOICES SELDOM RECUR, GREAT INCONSISTENCIES IN CHOICE ACROSS TIME ARE READILY OBSERVABLE. TO EXPLAIN SUCH INCONSISTENCIES, IT SEEMS THAT ONE MUST POSTULATE EITHER A RAPID CHANGE IN PREFERENCES OR IRRATIONALITY (NOT MAKING A CHOICE BASED ON ONE'S PREFERENCES). THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES A ATTENTIVENESS TO PREFERENCES CAN SHIFT ABRUPTLY AS THE DECISIONAL CONTEXT CHANGES. SHIFTS IN ATTENTIVENESS, OFTEN ACCOUNT FOR CHOICE INCONSISTENCIES.