87 research outputs found
Italian University Students' Achievement in Statistics: The Role of Attitudes and Approaches to Learning
The role of probabilistic reasoning abilities on adolescent risk taking
The aim of this work was to investigate the role of the cognitive system and the affective system on
adolescents’ risk taking in gambling tasks characterized as different on the basis of information given to
decision makers. In Study 1, we explored the role of probabilistic reasoning and sensation seeking on decision
making in a non-risky context (Non-Gambling Task) and a risky context (Gambling Task) in which no
preliminary information were given to participants. Results showed that adolescents referred to probabilistic
reasoning only in the Non-Gambling Task. In Study 2, we explored the role of probabilistic reasoning and
sensation seeking in risky situations with preliminary information given to participants. Specifically, we
compared a risky context characterized by high-emotional arousal (Game of Dice Task), in which a feedback
after each decision was given, with one characterized by low-emotional arousal (Game of Dice Task –
Modified version), without feedback. Probabilistic reasoning characterized adolescents’ decision making
regardless of feedback. Findings showed that adolescents’ decision making was solely linked to the cognitive
system in the non-risky situation, and the affective system overcomes the cognitive system in situation of risk.
Moreover, providing information about the task might interfere with the imbalance between the two systems
A new scale to assess pathological video-gaming among adolescents based on the DSM-V: An-IRT based analysis
The Role of Probabilistic Reasoning Abilities on Adolescent Risk Taking
The aim of this work was to investigate the role of the cognitive system and the affective system on adolescents’ risk taking in gambling tasks characterized as different on the basis of information given to decision makers. In Study 1, we explored the role of probabilistic reasoning and sensation seeking on decision making in a non-risky context (Non-Gambling Task) and a risky context (Gambling Task) in which no preliminary information were given to participants. Results showed that adolescents referred to probabilistic reasoning only in the Non-Gambling Task. In Study 2, we explored the role of probabilistic reasoning and sensation seeking in risky situations with preliminary information given to participants. Specifically, we compared a risky context characterized by high-emotional arousal (Game of Dice Task), in which a feedback after each decision was given, with one characterized by low-emotional arousal (Game of Dice Task – Modified version), without feedback. Probabilistic reasoning characterized adolescents’ decision making regardless of feedback. Findings showed that adolescents’ decision making was solely linked to the cognitive system in the non-risky situation, and the affective system overcomes the cognitive system in situation of risk. Moreover, providing information about the task might interfere with the imbalance between the two systems
A mediation model to explain the role of mathematics skills and probabilistic reasoning on statistics achievement
Adolescent Pathological Gambling: Using IRT to Construct a Scale Based on the New Gambling Disorder Criteria
Italian children’s ethnic stereotyping: Age differences among 4-10 year olds
The aim of the present study is to investigate children’s attitude towards different ethnic groups in Italian society where interaction with minority groups is still limited but is increasing rapidly. The perception of the own group and two minority groups has been measured in 4-10 year-old children using the Multi-response Racial Attitude (MRA). Data show early emergence of ethnic prejudice and its gradual decline during the development; stereotyped answers are frequent between age of 4 and 6, they reduce with time and nearly disappear around age of 10. Results are discussed in the relation to the two different theoretical approaches in the field, giving evidence to implications tied to the Italian society
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