University of Northern Iowa

Risky-choice framing sensitivity in LLMs and impact on human decisions

We study whether frontier large language models (LLMs) exhibit prospect-theoretic framing patterns in risky choice and how their risk posture compares with – and shapes – that of humans in business-relevant contexts. In two preregistered between-subjects discrete-choice experimen...

Bravado and Beguile: When the Beautiful Bet Boldly

Abstract This paper explores the relationship between facial attractiveness and risk-taking preferences using three standard elicitation methods, each modeled on its own scale. Drawing on incentivized samples of students and professionals recruited directly from LinkedIn (plumber...

Parental Support of Preschool Children’s Early Writing Using a Researcher-designed Writing Notebook as a Tool

Abstract Research suggests that preschool children who come into kindergarten with foundational skills in reading and writing have a literacy advantage. Unfortunately, there are few opportunities in the preschool classroom where early writing occurs. Therefore, this study employe...