Fear and anger have opposite effects on risk seeking in the gain frame

Autor: Marianne Habib, Sylvain Moutier, Grégoire Borst, Mathieu Cassotti, Olivier Houdé
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de psychologie du développement et de l'éducation de l'enfant (LaPsyDÉ - UMR 8240), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre-Imagerie, Neurosciences, et Application aux Pathologies (CI-NAPS - UMR 6232), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Paragraphe, Laboratoire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire de psychologie du développement et de l'éducation de l'enfant [LaPsyDÉ - UMR 8240], Centre-Imagerie, Neurosciences, et Application aux Pathologies [CI-NAPS - UMR 6232], Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers, 2015, 6, ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00253⟩
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015, 6, pp.253. ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00253⟩
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 6 (2015)
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers, 2015, 6, pp.253. ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00253⟩
ISSN: 1664-1078
Popis: International audience; Emotions strongly influence our decisions, particularly those made under risk. A classic example of the effect of emotion on decision making under risk is the “framing effect,” which involves predictable shifts in preferences when the same problem is formulated in different ways. According to dual process theories, this bias could stem from an affective heuristic belonging to an intuitive type of reasoning. In this study, we examined whether specific incidental negative emotions (i.e., fear and anger) influence framing susceptibility and risk-taking identically. In each trial, participants received an initial amount of money, and pictures of angry or fearful faces were presented to them. Finally, participants chose between a sure option and a gamble option of equally expected value in a gain or loss frame. Risk-taking was modulated by emotional context: fear and anger influenced risk-taking specifically in the gain frame and had opposite effects. Fear increased risk-averse choices, whereas anger decreased risk-averse choices, leading to a suppression of the framing effect. These results confirm that emotions play a key role in framing susceptibility.
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