Abstract
We explored the utility of analyzing within- and between-balloon response patterns on a balloon analogue task (BAT) in relation to overall risk scores, and to a choice between a small guaranteed cash reward and an uncertain reward of the same expected value. Young adults (n = 61) played a BAT, and then were offered a choice between $5 in cash and betting to win $0 to $15. Between groups, pumping was differentially influenced by explosions and by the number of successive unexploded balloons, with risk takers responding increasingly on successive balloons after an explosion. Within-balloons, risk takers showed a characteristic pattern of constant high rate, while non-risk takers showed a characteristic variable lower rate. Overall, results show that the higher number of pumps and explosions that characterize risk takers at a molar level, result from particular forms of adaptation to the positive and negative outcomes of choices seen at a molecular level.Color versions of one or more of the figures in the article can be found online at www.tandfonline.com/ vgen.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 207-227 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Journal of General Psychology |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 3 2014 |
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Keywords
- balloon analog task
- BART
- choice
- impulsivity
- molar-molecular analyses
- probabilistic rewards
- risk-taking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Gender Studies
- Medicine(all)
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Patterns of responding on a balloon analogue task reveal individual differences in overall risk-taking : Choice between guaranteed and uncertain cash. / Robles-Sotelo, Elias; Emery, Noah N.; Vargas, Perla; Moreno, Araceli; Marshall, Brent; Grove, Richard C.; Zhang, Huateng.
In: Journal of General Psychology, Vol. 141, No. 3, 03.07.2014, p. 207-227.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Moreno, Araceli
AU - Marshall, Brent
AU - Grove, Richard C.
AU - Zhang, Huateng
PY - 2014/7/3
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N2 - We explored the utility of analyzing within- and between-balloon response patterns on a balloon analogue task (BAT) in relation to overall risk scores, and to a choice between a small guaranteed cash reward and an uncertain reward of the same expected value. Young adults (n = 61) played a BAT, and then were offered a choice between $5 in cash and betting to win $0 to $15. Between groups, pumping was differentially influenced by explosions and by the number of successive unexploded balloons, with risk takers responding increasingly on successive balloons after an explosion. Within-balloons, risk takers showed a characteristic pattern of constant high rate, while non-risk takers showed a characteristic variable lower rate. Overall, results show that the higher number of pumps and explosions that characterize risk takers at a molar level, result from particular forms of adaptation to the positive and negative outcomes of choices seen at a molecular level.Color versions of one or more of the figures in the article can be found online at www.tandfonline.com/ vgen.
AB - We explored the utility of analyzing within- and between-balloon response patterns on a balloon analogue task (BAT) in relation to overall risk scores, and to a choice between a small guaranteed cash reward and an uncertain reward of the same expected value. Young adults (n = 61) played a BAT, and then were offered a choice between $5 in cash and betting to win $0 to $15. Between groups, pumping was differentially influenced by explosions and by the number of successive unexploded balloons, with risk takers responding increasingly on successive balloons after an explosion. Within-balloons, risk takers showed a characteristic pattern of constant high rate, while non-risk takers showed a characteristic variable lower rate. Overall, results show that the higher number of pumps and explosions that characterize risk takers at a molar level, result from particular forms of adaptation to the positive and negative outcomes of choices seen at a molecular level.Color versions of one or more of the figures in the article can be found online at www.tandfonline.com/ vgen.
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