积极偏斜偏差的边界条件
Colleen C Frank1, Sade J Abiodun2, Kendra L Seaman3
1Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas.
Journal of behavioral decision making
|April 22, 2024
概括
人们更喜欢积极倾斜的博,特别是对某些结果的中度到强度倾斜. 然而,这种偏好取决于博.
科学领域:
- 决策科学 决策科学 决策科学
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
- 风险感知 风险感知
背景情况:
- 积极倾斜的博,以巨大的潜在收益和小的可能损失为特征,通常是首选的.
- 这种偏好被称为正倾斜偏差,会影响不确定性下的决策.
研究的目的:
- 调查影响偏好正倾斜博的条件,而不是对称博的条件.
- 检查斜度强度和结果价值在这种偏差中的作用.
主要方法:
- 两项在线研究 (N=209,N=210) 涉及广泛的年龄范围 (22-85岁) 的健康成年参与者.
- 参与者在积极倾斜的博和某些结果或对称的博之间做出选择.
- 使用后勤回归分析来建模选择概率.
主要成果:
- 参与者倾向于适度和强烈倾斜的博,而不是某些结果,除非涉及大损失.
- 增加的倾斜性并没有持续地增加偏好倾斜而不是对称的博.
- 偏向博的偏好在积极的预期值中最为明显,并且取决于所呈现的替代博.
结论:
- 对积极倾斜的博的偏好是微妙的,取决于博的结构和替代选择.
- 斜度强度和结果价值显著缓解了这种偏差.
- 与先前的研究相反,与年龄相关的正倾斜偏差的增加并不显而易见;决策策略和认知能力可能更有影响.
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