Sex differences in the risks a person selects for himself and the risks he selects for someone else

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1967

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Slovic, Paul
Weinstein, Malcolm S.
Lichtenstein, Sarah

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102 undergraduates, working in pairs, selected bets for themselves and bets for the "other subject" to play. It was found that persons chose essentially the same probability of winning for the other person as for themselves, regardless of the sex of the other person. Women's choices were more conservative than men's choices.

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15 pages

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Slovic, P., Weinstein, M. S., & Lichtenstein, S. (1967). Sex differences in the risks a person selects for himself and the risks he selects for someone else. Oregon Research Institute Research Bulletin, 7(10).