I felt low and my purse feels light: depleting mood regulation attempts affect risk decision making

Bruyneel, Sabrina; Dewitte, Siegfried; Franses, Philip Hans; Dekimpe, Marnik G.

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“…One variable that has been shown to affect gambling and risk taking is self-regulatory (i.e., executive control) strength (Bruyneel et al, 2009;Freeman & Muraven, 2010). Extensive research with human and nonhuman animals suggests that the ability to self-regulate (i.e., control attention, behavior, and emotions) is limited by its reliance on a finite resource that can be depleted (for reviews, see Baumeister & Heatherton, 2004;Baumeister & Tierney, 2011;Miller, Pattison, DeWall, Rayburn-Reeves, & Zentall, 2010).…”

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“…In Experiment 1, we compared participants with a selfreported gambling habit with participants who did not gamble. In Experiment 2, we asked whether we could affect the tendency of participants to choose suboptimally by using a self-regulatory depletion manipulation that has been shown to increase risk-taking behavior (Bruyneel, DeWitte, Franses, & Dekimpe, 2009). (2011) proposed that procedures developed with pigeons resulted in choice behavior that is analogous to suboptimal human gambling behavior.…”

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Decision making by humans in a behavioral task: Do humans, like pigeons, show suboptimal choice?

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Consistent with human gambling behavior but contrary to optimal foraging theory, pigeons show a strong preference for an alternative with low probability and high payoff (a gambling-like alternative) over an alternative with a greater net payoff (Zentall & Stagner, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278, 1203Society B, 278, -1208Society B, 278, , 2011. In the present research, we asked whether humans would show suboptimal choice on a task involving choices with probabilities similar to those for pigeons. In Experiment 1, when we selected participants on the basis of their self-reported gambling activities, we found a significantly greater choice of the alternative involving low probability and high payoff (gambling-like alternative) than for a group that reported an absence of gambling activity. In Experiment 2, we found that when the inhibiting abilities of typical humans were impaired by a self-regulatory depletion manipulation, they were more likely to choose the gambling-like alternative. Taken together, the results suggest that this task is suitable for the comparative study of suboptimal decision-making behavior and the mechanisms that underlie it.Keywords decision making . suboptimal choice . gambling . humans . pigeons A subset of suboptimal decision making can be characterized as making a decision to choose a low-probability but high-payoff alternative (e.g., playing slot machines or buying lottery tickets) over a high-probability, low-payoff alternative (not gambling), such that the net expected return is less than what one has wagered. In this kind of gambling, over the long term, one is very likely to lose more than one wins, and having sufficient experience with the game to learn about the odds of winning does not appear to reduce its frequency. It appears that gamblers tend to over-attend to wins and discount losses (the availability heuristic; Tversky & Kahneman, 1974).Recently, Zentall and colleagues studied suboptimal decision-making processes in pigeons (Gipson, Alessandri, Miller, & Zentall, 2009;Stagner & Zentall, 2010;Zentall & Stagner, 2011). They asked whether pigeons would show choice behavior analogous to the suboptimal behavior shown by humans when humans purchase a lottery ticket or engage in casino gambling. To answer this question, Zentall and Stagner designed a task that may be considered analogous to human gambling (see Fig. 1a). In this task, pigeons are given a choice between one alternative reliably associated with three reinforcers (analogous to money in one's pocket) and a second alternative (analogous to gambling) associated with a low-probability, high-payoff stimulus on some trials (10 pellets on 20% of the trials) or a highprobability, zero-payoff stimulus on others. In one sense, the task is analogous to suboptimal human gambling, because the average payoff for the first alternative (with an overall mean reinforcement per trial of 3 pellets) is greater than that of the second alternative (with an overall mean reinforcement per trial of 2 pellets). Results show...

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“…Many studies have looked at the impact of mood state on a person's decision making [12][13][14][15][16][17], and it has become increasingly apparent that mood states affect the outcome of decisions and that an individual may make very different decisions depending on their level of negative affect (NA), anger, sadness, or anxiety (Table 3). Decision making and affect interact at the time of decision making, after a decision has been made, and in the anticipation or memory of affect [18].…”

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Decision Making, Mindfulness and Mood: How Mindfulness Techniques can Reduce the Impact of Biases and Heuristics through Improved Decision Making and Positive Affect

Raglan¹,

Schulkin²

2014

J Depress Anxiety

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The decision sciences and mindfulness theory both focus on attention to thought processes and the exploration of the roots of those cognitions. Historically, these two models of viewing thought have, however, diverged. The decision sciences focus on better understanding the patterns and impacts of human decision making, particularly in instances of flawed decision making. Within this literature, mood state has been repeatedly shown to influence decision making patterns, with negative affect and anxiety increasing a person's tendency toward decision making biases. Mindfulness emphasizes willingness to view one's thoughts and behaviors from an open standpoint and has also been shown to be a valuable tool in reducing negative affect and anxiety. In this paper, we briefly explore both the decision sciences and mindfulness, including aspects of decision making that may be affected by mood. We also look to future directions in which mindfulness and the decision sciences could inform each other and lead to more effective interventions for problematic decision making tendencies. Through greater coordination between these two theoretical areas, it is possible that practical mechanisms of change may be more accessible.

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“…Negative affect has been linked with impaired self-regulation across a number of domains (for a review see Wagner & Heatherton, 2015). Individuals in a negative mood are inclined to perform a variety of behaviors that are indicative of selfregulation failure including aggressive behavior (Anderson & Bushman, 2002), binge eating (Munsch, Meyer, Quartier, & Wilhelm, 2012), high-risk gambling (Raghunathan & Pham, 1999), and overspending (Atalay & Meloy, 2011;Bruyneel, Dewitte, Franses, & Dekimpe, 2009). The convergence of these mechanisms notwithstanding, we discuss them separately in order to enhance the clarity of our arguments.…”

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Employee Maintenance: Examining Employment Relationships from the Perspective of Managerial Leaders

Tepper¹,

Simon²

2015

Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management

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I felt low and my purse feels light: depleting mood regulation attempts affect risk decision making

Cited by 101 publications

References 54 publications

Decision making by humans in a behavioral task: Do humans, like pigeons, show suboptimal choice?

Decision making by humans in a behavioral task: Do humans, like pigeons, show suboptimal choice?

Decision Making, Mindfulness and Mood: How Mindfulness Techniques can Reduce the Impact of Biases and Heuristics through Improved Decision Making and Positive Affect

Employee Maintenance: Examining Employment Relationships from the Perspective of Managerial Leaders

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