Browsing by Author "Garcia-Retamero, Rocio"
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General Risk Literacy Skills are Causally Related to Improved Self-Evaluations: Training Graph Literacy Improves Decision Making and Lowers Overconfidence
Ybarra, Vincent (2021-05-14)Overconfidence commonly refers to a cognitive bias in which people express more subjective confidence in their abilities than can be objectively justified. Similarly, the “Unskilled and Unaware” literature demonstrates ... -
Individual Differences and Risk Perception: Numeracy Predicts Differences in General and Specific Risk Perceptions
Ramasubramanian, Madhuri (2020-05)People’s risk perceptions are often related to attitudes and decisions with significant social and economic consequences (e.g., Fischhoff, 2009; Slovic, 1987). In recent years, a growing body of research has demonstrated ... -
Numeracy Predicts Accurate Climate Change Knowledge and Beliefs: A Model of Factors That Influence Biases and Polarization
Cho, Jinhyo (2020)Although 97% of experts generally agree that modern global warming is largely caused by human activities, some people hold biased, inaccurate beliefs about the causes of climate change and the strength of the scientific ... -
Numeracy vs. Intelligence: A Model of the Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Decision Making
Allan, Jinan N. (2018-05)For nearly 150 years, psychological research and theory has documented a link between general intelligence and decision making performance. This suggests that individual differences in decision making (and other life ... -
Numerate people benefit more from regular science reporting: The critical role of scientific reasoning and causal misunderstanding
Perrin, Olivia D. (2024-05-10)Numerate people tend to make more informed judgments and decisions because they are more risk literate (i.e., better able to evaluate and understand risk). Do numeracy skills also help people understand regular science ... -
SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND OVERCONFIDENCE VULNERABILITY: ARE MOST PEOPLE BLIND TO THEIR OWN DECISION MAKING BIASES?
Ybarra, Vincent (2018-05-11)Skilled decision making is an acquired skill that often leads to better life outcomes (e.g. wealth, health, and happiness) (Cokely et al., 2012; 2018). There is a growing body of literature centered on Bias Blind Spot which ... -
Statistical Numeracy Norms and Decision Vulnerability Benchmarks: A Norm-Referenced Method for Estimating the Risk Literacy Difficulty Level of Choices and Risk Communications
Allan, Jinan N. (2021-08)People who misunderstand risk are more likely to experience costly decision biases. In addition to serious personal and economic implications, risk misunderstanding can further undermine high-stakes risk mitigation efforts. ...