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Maximizers’ Susceptibility to the Effect of Frequency vs. Percentage Format in Risk Representation

The present study explored the susceptibility of maximizers to the effect of the specific information format—frequency vs. percentage—in a risk assessment task. One-hundred and fourteen participants were randomized into two experimental conditions: a frequency format and a percentage format. In both...

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Autores principales: Misuraca, Raffaella, Faraci, Palmira, Scaffidi Abbate, Costanza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9774240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36546979
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12120496
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description The present study explored the susceptibility of maximizers to the effect of the specific information format—frequency vs. percentage—in a risk assessment task. One-hundred and fourteen participants were randomized into two experimental conditions: a frequency format and a percentage format. In both conditions, participants had to rate the level of risk that a mental patient would harm someone after his discharge from a mental health facility, based on the information reported in the psychologist’s assessment for that patient. In the frequency condition, the information was presented in terms of frequencies, whereas in the percentage condition the same information was presented in terms of percentage. Our experiment showed that resolute maximizers are less affected by the specific format of the task than fearful maximizers. Thus, we conclude that resolute maximizers are more normative decision-makers. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-97742402022-12-23 Maximizers’ Susceptibility to the Effect of Frequency vs. Percentage Format in Risk Representation Misuraca, Raffaella Faraci, Palmira Scaffidi Abbate, Costanza Behav Sci (Basel) Article The present study explored the susceptibility of maximizers to the effect of the specific information format—frequency vs. percentage—in a risk assessment task. One-hundred and fourteen participants were randomized into two experimental conditions: a frequency format and a percentage format. In both conditions, participants had to rate the level of risk that a mental patient would harm someone after his discharge from a mental health facility, based on the information reported in the psychologist’s assessment for that patient. In the frequency condition, the information was presented in terms of frequencies, whereas in the percentage condition the same information was presented in terms of percentage. Our experiment showed that resolute maximizers are less affected by the specific format of the task than fearful maximizers. Thus, we conclude that resolute maximizers are more normative decision-makers. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. MDPI 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9774240/ /pubmed/36546979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12120496 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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