Debiasing the framing effect: analytical processing and explicit warning

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Akbulut, Ezgi

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The various debiasing methods of framing effect have been under investigation on different subject profiles for the last two decades. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the separate effects and as well as the interactions of two debiasing methods on risky-choice framing: encouraging analytical processing and giving explicit warning. A questionnaire consisting of gambling tasks was filled by the subjects who were randomly selected METU undergraduate students from different departments. A Framing Effect Susceptibility Ratio (FESR) was calculated for each subject and the results did not indicate any significant difference in magnitude of framing effect between students from quantitive-based departments and social science-based departments in the control group. Separately applied debiasing methods and also their interaction failed to result in a steady decrease in the susceptibility level of framing effect in both student groups. Further research with students from less number of departments can be conducted and goal framing can also be investigated in the future with the same debiasing methods used in this research.

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Thought and thinking., Frames (Sociology)., Decision making., Critical thinking., Divergent thinking.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/25098

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E. Akbulut, “Debiasing the framing effect: analytical processing and explicit warning,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2015.