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Accession Number:
AD0745761
Title:
Risk Taking and Reinforcement.
Corporate Author:
PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IND
Report Date:
1972-03-01
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
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Supplementary Note:
Report on Organizational Effectiveness Research Program.
Pages:
0015
Contract Number:
N00014-67-A-0226-0007
File Size:
0.00MB
