Valuing the future at different temporal points: The role of time framing on discounting

IF 1.4 3区 心理学 Q4 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Hugo E. Reyes-Huerta, Elias Robles, Cristiano V. dos Santos
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Abstract

The rate of delay discounting exhibited by individuals has been experimentally altered by manipulating the way in which time is described, a specific application of the framing effect. Previous research suggests that using specific dates to describe delays tends to lower temporal discounting and change the shape of the discounting function. The main purpose of this study was to assess the influence of framing on discounting in different temporal contexts. Participants chose between hypothetical monetary gains (gains group), or between hypothetical monetary losses (losses group). Each group completed eight discounting tasks over two sessions (two choice tasks [SmallNow/SmallSoon] by two time frames [dates/calendar units] by two magnitudes. The results indicate that Mazur's model adequately described the observed discounting functions in most conditions. However, the decrease in discounting rate when both consequences were delayed only occurred when calendar units (but not dates) were used for both gains and losses. These findings suggest that framing affects the influence of a shared delay instead of changing the shape of the discounting function. Our results support the idea that time influences behavior similarly in humans and nonhumans when they choose between two delayed consequences.

在不同的时间点评估未来:时间框架对折扣的作用。
个体表现出的延迟贴现率已经通过操纵描述时间的方式进行了实验性改变,这是框架效应的一个具体应用。先前的研究表明,使用特定的日期来描述延迟往往会降低时间折扣并改变折扣函数的形状。本研究的主要目的是评估不同时间背景下框架对折扣的影响。参与者在假设的货币收益(收益组)和假设的货币损失(损失组)之间进行选择。每组在两个疗程内完成了八项折扣任务(两项选择任务[SmallNow/SmallSoon],两个时间框架[日期/日历单位],两种幅度。结果表明,Mazur的模型充分描述了大多数情况下观察到的折扣函数。然而,当两种结果都被延迟时,折扣率的下降只发生在日历单位(但不是日期)用于损益。这些发现表明,框架影响共享延迟的影响,而不是改变贴现函数的形状。我们的研究结果支持这样一种观点,即当人类和非人类在两种延迟后果之间做出选择时,时间对行为的影响相似。
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CiteScore
3.90
自引率
14.80%
发文量
83
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is primarily for the original publication of experiments relevant to the behavior of individual organisms.
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