Title |
Self-Distancing Reduces Probability-Weighting Biases
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Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, June 2018
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DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00611 |
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Authors |
Qingzhou Sun, Huanren Zhang, Liyang Sai, Fengpei Hu |
Abstract |
We have abundant evidence that people exhibit biases in weighting probability information. The current study aims to examine whether self-distancing would reduce these biases. Participants in this study were instructed to use either a self-distancing or a self-immersing strategy to regulate their reasoning when they indicated their valuations of different lotteries. The results show that, compared to the baseline group, participants in the self-distancing group exhibited less distortion in the probability-weighting function, while those in the self-immersing group exhibited more distortion. These results offer evidence for the power of self-distancing in reducing probability-weighting biases. |
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