Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for Risk
Much is known about the effect of negative arousal on decision making, but little is known about the effect of positive arousal. In this study, we manipulated positive arousal and measured individual choices under risk using an incentivized task. Participants were randomly assigned to either a low a...
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| description | Much is known about the effect of negative arousal on decision making, but little is known about the effect of positive arousal. In this study, we manipulated positive arousal and measured individual choices under risk using an incentivized task. Participants were randomly assigned to either a low arousal or a high arousal condition and asked to choose between pairs of two-outcome monetary lotteries with the same expected value but different risk in terms of outcome variance. The probability was set at 50% for each lottery. Participants in the high arousal group selected the riskier lottery more often and took more time to make choices than participants in the low arousal group. This finding shows that introducing a pleasant arousing cue as part of the decision context shifts an individual’s preferences toward the risky economic option and away from the safer one. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f880ca7217048e3843506fedc3a47182022-12-22T01:24:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-12-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.02142292913Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for RiskAndrea Galentino0Andrea Galentino1Nicolao Bonini2Lucia Savadori3Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyFondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyMuch is known about the effect of negative arousal on decision making, but little is known about the effect of positive arousal. In this study, we manipulated positive arousal and measured individual choices under risk using an incentivized task. Participants were randomly assigned to either a low arousal or a high arousal condition and asked to choose between pairs of two-outcome monetary lotteries with the same expected value but different risk in terms of outcome variance. The probability was set at 50% for each lottery. Participants in the high arousal group selected the riskier lottery more often and took more time to make choices than participants in the low arousal group. This finding shows that introducing a pleasant arousing cue as part of the decision context shifts an individual’s preferences toward the risky economic option and away from the safer one.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02142/fulldecision makingrisk-takingrisk preferencespositive affectarousalpositive arousal |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Galentino Andrea Galentino Nicolao Bonini Lucia Savadori Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for Risk Frontiers in Psychology decision making risk-taking risk preferences positive affect arousal positive arousal |
| title | Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for Risk |
| title_full | Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for Risk |
| title_fullStr | Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for Risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for Risk |
| title_short | Positive Arousal Increases Individuals’ Preferences for Risk |
| title_sort | positive arousal increases individuals preferences for risk |
| topic | decision making risk-taking risk preferences positive affect arousal positive arousal |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02142/full |
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