Premium
Responsibility diffusion and drive enhancement effects on risky shift 1
Author(s) -
Myers David G.,
Murdoch Peter,
Smith Gene F.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1970.tb00019.x
Subject(s) - psychology , dilemma , social psychology , anxiety , interpretation (philosophy) , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , programming language
S ummary Discussion produced expected risky and cautious shifts on choice dilemma items It was predicted from responsibility diffusion theory that, compared with low‐anxious, high‐defensive groups, high‐anxious, low‐defensive groups produce greater risky shift It was predicted from drive enhancement theory that, compared with low‐anxious groups, high‐anxious groups produce greater risky shift on risk‐dominant items and greater cautious shift on caution‐dominant items The results of two experiments failed to confirm either interpretation Surprisingly, significant shifts were obtained in a control condition