Instructions for Decision Making: Explain your choices


In this part, you are asked to explain how you make your decisions. In each pair of questions, you are asked which gamble you would rather play and then you are asked to explain why you made each choice.

Imagine you are gambling with your own money. Please try to imagine that you are making these decisions for real, and risking your own cash. Notice that in this study, you have chances to lose as well as to win cash.

1. Which do you choose?

   A: 50 tickets to win $100
      50 tickets to lose $100
    OR  
   B: lose $5 for sure
      
Choose A Choose B

2. Please explain why you made the choice you did in No. 1.


3. Which do you choose?

   C: 50 tickets to win $100
      50 tickets to win $0
    OR  
   D: win $45 for sure
      
Choose C Choose D

4. Please explain why you made the choice above (i.e., in No. 3).


5. Which do you choose?

   E: 50 tickets to lose $0
      50 tickets to lose $100
    OR  
   F: lose $45 for sure
      
Choose E Choose F

6. Please explain why you made the choice above (in No. 5).


7. Which do you choose?

   G: 10 tickets to win $100
      90 tickets to win $5
    OR  
   H: 20 tickets to win $50
      80 tickets to win $5
      
Choose G Choose H

8. Please explain why you made the choice above.


9. Which do you choose?

   I: 90 tickets to win $96
      05 tickets to win $14
      05 tickets to win $12
    OR  
   J: 85 tickets to win $96
      05 tickets to win $90
      10 tickets to win $12
      
Choose I Choose J

10. Please explain why you made the choice above.


11. Which do you choose?

   K: 90 tickets to win $100
      10 tickets to win $5
    OR  
   L: 80 tickets to win $100
      20 tickets to win $50
      
Choose K Choose L

12. Please explain why you made the choice above.


13. Are you Male or Female?
Female
Male

14. What is your age? years.

15. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

16. Nationality (country of birth):

17. COMMENTS:

18. LAST 4 DIGITS of CSUF Student No.

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