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People strongly prefer options with exact probabilities of outcomes to those with uncertain probabilities, expressing ambiguity aversion. Its manifestations are reflected in various domains of real-life decisions, particularly among monetary choices. Recent research suggests amplification of ambiguity avoidance under social influence, however with several methodological limitations. Therefore, we tested the effects of accountability and responsibility on aversion towards ambiguity in two between-subject experiment...

Social projection is a ubiquitous phenomenon representing attribution of own beliefs and evaluations to others. In a between-subject experiment (N = 61) and a correlation study (N = 80) we tested whether social projection is susceptible to framing (original versus typical) and which individual characteristics predict its level or guide its occurrence. In this regard, we tested indicators of perceived similarity to a target group, need for uniqueness, socio-demographic parameters, cognitive reflection, open-minded ...