Postsecondary Enrollment and Academic Decision Making: Family Influences on Women College Students of Mexican Descent

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisela Rosas ◽  
Florence A. Hamrick
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mexican Descent ◽  
Family Influences ◽  
Postsecondary Enrollment ◽  
Women College Students ◽  
Academic Decision Making

Academic Decision Making and Prospect Theory

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-300
Author(s):  
Robert R. Mowrer ◽  
William B. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Prospect Theory ◽  
High Probability ◽  
Dependent Measure ◽  
Risk Seeking ◽  
Gain Loss ◽  
Academic Decision Making ◽  
Fourfold Pattern ◽  
Loss Effect

Two studies are reported that investigate the applicability of prospect theory to college students' academic decision making. Exp. 1 failed to provide support for the risk-seeking portion of the fourfold pattern predicted by prospect theory but did find the greater weighting of losses over gains. Using a more sensitive dependent measure, in Exp. 2 the results of the first experiment were replicated in terms of the gain-loss effect and also found some support for the fourfold pattern in the interaction between probabilities and gain versus loss. The greatest risk-seeking was found in the high probability loss condition.

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