风险决策中外语效应的稳定性研究

The Stability of Foreign Language Effect in Risky Decision-Making

使用外语思考可以帮助决策者克服决策偏误,这种现象称为外语效应。关于用外语思考是否在不同决策场景下(如低概率和高概率决策事件)都能发挥作用,即外语效应是否稳定仍有待研究。为此,326名中国英语学习者参与了实验,完成了不同条件下的决策问卷表,结果发现外语效应存在于不同的决策场景,且当决策任务中含有高概率决策事件时,外语效应更加显著。该研究对于社会各界的风险决策主体均有一定的启示意义。

Foreign language thinking can help decision-makers overcome decision bias,which is called foreign language effect.However,it remains to be investigated whether foreign language thinking works in different decision scenarios (e.g.,decision events with low and high probability of occurrence),i.e.,whether the foreign language effect is stable.To this end,326 Chinese English learners participated in the experiment and completed a decision-making questionnaire under different conditions.The results show that foreign language effect exists in different decision-making scenarios and gets more significant when it is a high-probability decision event.The findings have implications for risky decision makers in all sectors of society.