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Delay Discounting of Different Commodities Varies as a Function of Political Party Affiliation in a College Sample

Behavior and Social Issues

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Title Delay Discounting of Different Commodities Varies as a Function of Political Party Affiliation in a College Sample
 
Creator Weatherly, Jeffrey N.
 
Subject Behavior analysis
Delay discounting, Democrats, Republicans, College Students
 
Description Delay discounting has been used as a measure of both self control and of value for a particular commodity. The present study employed 265 college psychology students who self identified as being either a Democrat or a Republican to complete a delay-discounting task involving five different commodities (two monetary values, retirement income, Federal legislation, and medical treatment). Analyzing the area under the discounting curve, results showed that Democrats discounted all commodities to a greater extent than did Republicans. These results may suggest that Democrats are more apt than Republicans to prefer immediate results or that they value these commodities to a lesser degree than Republicans. Members of both parties, however, displayed similar changes in discounting across commodities, indicating a similarity in relative values.
 
Publisher University of Illinois at Chicago Library
 
Date 2010-10-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/3080
10.5210/bsi.v19i0.3080
 
Source Behavior and Social Issues; Volume 19 (2010); 167-178
1064-9506
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/3080/2668