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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Cognitive Science
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1357644

The Impact of Information Presentation on Self-Other Risk Decision-Making

Provisionally accepted
Aibao Zhou Aibao Zhou 1,2Ze-Kai Li Ze-Kai Li 1Pei Xie Pei Xie 3Yun-Fei Lei Yun-Fei Lei 1Bai-Xia Cui Bai-Xia Cui 1Le Yao Le Yao 1Chao Zheng Huang Chao Zheng Huang 2*
  • 1 School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
  • 2 Gansu Institute of Political Science and Law, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
  • 3 School of Psychology, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

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    To explore the impact of social distance and information presentation types on self-other risk preferences in monetary tasks. Risk preferences were examined in decision-making tasks and experiential information tasks within different frameworks when participants made decisions for themselves and others. Experiment 1 employed experiential decision tasks and revealed individual differences in decision-making for oneself and others. In gain situations, participants exhibited more risk aversion when deciding for others compared to themselves. Experiment 2 presented both types of information simultaneously to investigate whether risk decisions for oneself and others are influenced by information types. Results indicated that experiential information led participants to make more conservative choices for others, while descriptive information eliminated this effect. This study discovered the influence of social distance on self-other risk decisions and the role of information presentation types in self and other risk decision-making. Future research could further explore self-other decision-making from the perspectives of decision-makers' traits and culture.

    Keywords: Risk decision making, Social Distance, Decision from description, Decision from experience, Self-other

    Received: 19 Dec 2023; Accepted: 12 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhou, Li, Xie, Lei, Cui, Yao and Huang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Chao Zheng Huang, Gansu Institute of Political Science and Law, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu Province, China

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