CogSci 2025

August 01, 2025

San Francisco, United States

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behavioral science

decision making

psychology

This study examines how instructional framing influences probability distortions in decision-making scenarios. With 136 participants, we explored four instruction conditions: direct calculation guidance, estimative averaging, and narrative framing from first- and third-person perspectives. Our findings indicate that skewness, rather than variance, significantly impacts estimation errors in expected value tasks. The estimative instruction condition notably reduced probability neglect, whereas direct calculation instructions unexpectedly introduced bias. Both narrative conditions amplified probability neglect, with no significant difference between perspectives. These outcomes challenge traditional assumptions in decision-making models, emphasizing the central role of skewness and the substantial effect of instructional framing on probability distortions. The results suggest that employing estimative instructions could effectively minimize biases in contexts where accurate evaluation of expected value is crucial. This research underscores the importance of instructional design in decision-making tasks and provides insights into minimizing probability neglect.

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