Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 72-75.

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A Comparative Study on Stability in Decision-Making of Older Adults and College Students

GAO Shan1, LI Hong2, CHEN An-tao2, BAI Jun-jie2   

  1. 1. School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu;
    2. School of Psychology, Southwest University, Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of MOE, Chongqing
  • Online:2007-01-15 Published:2007-01-15

Abstract: 222 college students and 157 older adults were used as subjects to investigate the stability of regularity principle in their decision making.This research revealed that college students had a significant irregularity inclination while old adults showed no such tendency.Sticking to rules is necessary for rat ional decision.College students made irregular choice and lacked rationality to some extent,faced with hypothetical discount cards for supermarkets.the author interpreted older adults-regular choice as avoiding over consuming witch is an tacit knowledge obtained in the experience of shopping.

Key words: regular, irregular, irrational, wisdom

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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