The Positive Effects of Easy Goals on Decision Quality and Risk Propensity in an MCPLP Task
研究在多线索概率学习任务中发现，简单目标比困难目标更能提升决策质量，同时增加风险倾向，且风险倾向对决策行为的影响比目标水平更直接。
ABSTRACT In this study the potential performance benefits of easy goals were examined within the multiple cue probability learning paradigm (MCPLP). Specifically, the effects of varying levels of goal difficulty on performance and risk propensity (used to define a form of commitment) were investigated. With few exceptions, previous studies demonstrated support for difficult goals. In this study, contrary to the majority of past evidence, as goals became easier decision quality significantly improved. Moreover, risk propensity increased with easier goals and, as suggested by a post‐hoc analysis, had more direct impact on decision makers’ behaviors than goal levels. Goal‐related behavior in complex MCPLP tasks appears to significantly differ from the majority of goal evidence in other types of research due to the tendency for subjects to view complex task properties in the same context as goal levels.