Abstract:<p><b>When faced with decisions in everyday life, sometimes an individual knows the probability of an event occurring and bases their decision on that knowledge (decision from description). In other situations, the individual does not know that probability and bases their decision on information learned through experience (decision from experience). In decisions from description, people are more risk averse in decisions involving gains (positive reinforcement) and more risk seeking in decisions inv… Show more
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