Sex differences in risk sensitivity under positive and negative budgets and predictors of choice |
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Authors: | Island Heide K Deditius Szalda-Petree Allen D Kucera Stephanie C |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116, USA. island@pacificu.edu |
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Abstract: | The authors investigated sex differences in human risk sensitivity by using a computerized choice task with an energy budget analogue. In addition, they explored possible personality predictors of variance sensitivity. The authors modified the traditional energy budget model from those used in risk-sensitive foraging research with nonhuman animals for appropriate use with a human population. Participants chose between 2 computer icons, 1 yielding a fixed-point reward and the other offering variable points. Men were risk prone in the negative budget and risk averse in the positive budget. Women were risk averse in the negative budget. Personality was not predictive of risk-sensitive bias. Interpreting the results using an evolutionary model, the authors found support for a biological and environmental construct of risk-sensitive behavior. |
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