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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Making Decisions Under Risk: How Humans Differ from Monkeys.

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Tephillah Jeyaraj-Powell
    University of Central Oklahoma
  • Theresa Paramore
    University of Central Oklahoma
  • Kelly Rogers
    University of Central Oklahoma
  • Jaira Bramblett
    University of Central Oklahoma
  • Keyton Marzolf
    University of Central Oklahoma

Abstract

We aimed to find out how students made decisions under risk and whether their strategies differed from capuchin monkeys when presented with a choice between an option that guaranteed a small food reward 100% of time and one that offered twice as much but only 50% of the time.

Judgment and Decision Making