Accession Number:

AD0745761

Title:

Risk Taking and Reinforcement.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IND

Personal Author(s):

• Streufert,Siegried
• Streufert,Susan C.

Report Date:

1972-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The effect of a generally reinforcing environment on risk taking in decision making was investigated. Groups of subjects were exposed to operant reinforcement of complex integrated decisions, or probability learning, or no reinforcement. It was found that control groups did not differ from operant groups in their level of risk taking. Groups exposed to probability reinforcement took fewer risks than either of the other two groups. The obtained results were tentatively explained as an effect of the complex environment in which the research was carried out. Author

Descriptors:

• *DECISION MAKING
• PROBABILITY
• ENVIRONMENTS
• TRAINING

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE