实际决策中的反事实好奇心:结果价值和衰老的作用
Alessandro Bogani1, Katya Tentori2, Benjamin Timberlake2
1Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Corso Bettini, N. 31, 38068, Rovereto, TN, Italy. alessandro.bogani@unitn.it.
Psychonomic bulletin & review
|October 25, 2024
概括
对于可能发生的事情的好奇心,称为反事实好奇心,是很常见的,特别是在负面结果之后. 当选择是有意识的,信息是免费的时,老年人比年轻人更好奇.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 决策 决策 决策 决策
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
背景情况:
- 非工具性的反事实好奇心通常与遗憾管理有关.
- 之前的研究表明,这种好奇心特别是在负面结果后出现的.
研究的目的:
- 调查年轻人和老年人的经济激励决策中的反事实好奇心.
- 检查选择的故意性和信息成本如何影响好奇心.
主要方法:
- 三个在线实验 (N=620) 涉及带有经济激励的纸牌游戏.
- 参与者在甲板之间做出选择,然后选择性地查看未选甲板的结果.
- 变化包括相同的甲板,不同的风险概况和对反事实信息的附带访问.
主要成果:
- 很大一部分参与者表现出非工具性的反事实好奇心,特别是当信息是免费的并且建议更好的结果时.
- 老年人表现出比年轻人更高的好奇心,当选择是有意识的,信息是免费的.
- 在这两个年龄组中都观察到好奇心,特别是当未选择的选项会产生更好的结果时.
结论:
- 反事实好奇心在年轻人和老年人的决策中发挥着作用,即使信息是非工具性的.
- 在特定的条件下,与选择和信息成本有关,好奇心的年龄差异会出现.
- 研究结果支持反事实好奇心在管理遗憾中的作用.
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