Stephen L. Cohen

The Effects of Real vs. Hypothetical Risk on Group Choice-Shifts

The effect of real vs. hypothetical risk on choice-shifts was examined. Two studies were conducted, each using a different decision task and both employing both real and hypothetical risk conditions. The results indicated that the degree of task reality did not significantly influence the direction or magnitude of the group-induced choice shifts.

The Utility of the WAMS: Shouldn't it Relate to Discriminatory Behavior

The article presents information on a study that identifies the conditions under which differential treatment of males and females is less likely to occur in employment settings. The study notes a ...

Wary shift or risky shift

The risky shift paradigm was taken into a real-world stiuation, i.e., the classroom. Thirty-five students were asked to decide what type of evaluation system they would prefer for grading purposes in their course. It was found that the individual-to-group decision produced a significant wary rather than a risky shift. The authors suggest that the real-world situation involving real risk may have been responsible for the wary shift. Further comments recommend caution in the confidence with which one might generalize risky-shift findings to the real world.