Mowrer Robert R, Davidson William B
Department of Psychology, Sociology, & Social Work, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX 76909, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2011 Aug;109(1):289-300. doi: 10.2466/01.07.20.PR0.109.4.289-300.
Two studies are reported that investigate the applicability of prospect theory to college students' academic decision making. Exp. 1 failed to provide support for the risk-seeking portion of the fourfold pattern predicted by prospect theory but did find the greater weighting of losses over gains. Using a more sensitive dependent measure, in Exp. 2 the results of the first experiment were replicated in terms of the gain-loss effect and also found some support for the fourfold pattern in the interaction between probabilities and gain versus loss. The greatest risk-seeking was found in the high probability loss condition.
报告了两项研究,它们探讨了前景理论在大学生学术决策中的适用性。实验1未能为前景理论预测的四重模式中风险寻求部分提供支持,但确实发现损失比收益的权重更大。在实验2中,使用了更敏感的因变量测量方法,第一个实验的结果在收益-损失效应方面得到了重复,并且在概率与收益对损失的相互作用中也发现了对四重模式的一些支持。在高概率损失条件下发现了最大的风险寻求。