儿童中期经济风险易感:不确定性驱动的探索还是寻找新奇事物?
Anthony Roig1, Régis Thouvarecq2, James Rivière1
1Centre for Research on Psychological Functions and Disorders (CRFDP), Scientific Team (UR 7475), University of Rouen Normandie F-76000 Rouen, France.
Journal of experimental child psychology
|February 3, 2025
概括
7-9岁的儿童随着年龄的增长,经济风险承担的程度下降. 新性影响选择,儿童在与风险相关时更喜欢新的选择,这表明不确定性探索驱动风险倾向.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 经济风险倾向通常在幼儿中观察到,但其发展变化以及经济选择中的新奇性和不确定性的相互作用仍然不清楚.
- 了解儿童对风险的态度是如何演变的,对于理解发育过程中的决策过程至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查7至9岁儿童在收益领域的经济风险倾向的发展轨迹.
- 检查影响儿童经济选择的机制,特别是新奇与不确定性的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 共有225名7-9岁的儿童参加了一系列博任务.
- 参与者在一个安全的选择和一个具有相同预期值的有风险的选择之间进行选择.
- 任务包括与操纵不确定性风险或安全选项相关的意外事件.
主要成果:
- 7至9岁的儿童在收益环境中对不确定性的吸引力下降,这表明经济风险倾向性降低.
- 参与者倾向于在与安全性相比与风险相关时更频繁地选择新选项.
- 研究结果表明,探索不确定性,而不是寻找新奇事物,是幼儿经济风险易感的主要驱动因素.
结论:
- 经济风险易感性从7岁降低到9岁,标志着在中年儿童开始时的转变.
- 新性起到作用,但对新风险选择的偏好表明了对不确定性探索的潜在动力.
- 这项研究提供了对塑造儿童经济决策和风险态度的发展机制的见解.
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