Age differences in choice satisfaction: A positivity effect in decision making
Age differences in choice satisfaction: A positivity effect in decision making
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DOI：
10.1037/0882-7974.23.1.33
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Wiprzycka, Ursula J.
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作者：
Kim, Sunghan;Healey, M. Karl;Wiprzycka, Ursula J.
作者通过给年轻人和老年人从4种产品中选择1种的机会，并检查参与者对其选择的满意度，测试了老年人在决策中表现出积极效应的可能性。作者考虑了要求参与者在做出选择之前明确评估选项是否会对选择满意度的年龄差异产生影响。在评估条件下，老年人比年轻人列出更多积极属性和更少消极属性，并且对自己的决策比年轻人更满意。在那些没有评估选项的人中没有年龄差异。当在实验2周后联系参与者时，老年人这种依赖评估的满意度提升仍然存在。年龄没有影响参与者预测其满意度随时间变化的准确性。
The authors tested the possibility that older adults show a positivity effect in decision making, by giving younger and older adults the opportunity to choose 1 of 4 products and by examining the participants' satisfaction with their choice. The authors considered whether requiring participants to explicitly evaluate the options before making a choice has an effect on age differences in choice satisfaction. Older adults in the evaluation condition listed more positive and fewer negative attributes than did younger adults and were more satisfied with their decisions than were younger adults. There were no age differences among those who did not evaluate options. This evaluation-dependent elevation of satisfaction among older adults was still present when participants were contacted 2 weeks after the experiment. Age did not influence the accuracy with which participants predicted how their satisfaction would change over time.