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T1 Counterfactual Evaluation of Outcomes in Social Risk Decision-Making Situations: The Cognitive Developmental Paradox Revisited
A1 Padrón González, Iván
A1 Rodrigo López, María Josefa
A1 Vega Rodríguez, Manuel de
A2 Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
K1 risk decision making
K1 counterfactual evaluation of outcomes
K1 social feedback
K1 adolescence
AB We report a study that examined the existence of a cognitive developmental paradox in thecounterfactual evaluation of decision-making outcomes. According to this paradox adolescentsand young adults could be able to apply counterfactual reasoning and, yet, their counterfactualevaluation of outcomes could be biased in a salient socio-emotional context. To this aim, we analyzed the impact of health and social feedback on the counterfactual evaluation of outcomes in alaboratory decision-making task involving short narratives with the presence of peers. Forty risky(e.g., taking or refusing a drug), forty neutral decisions (e.g., eating a hamburger or a hotdog), andemotions felt following positive or negative outcomes were examined in 256 early, mid- and lateadolescents, and young adults, evenly distributed. Results showed that emotional ratings to negative outcomes (regret and disappointment) but not to positive outcomes (relief and elation) wereattenuated when feedback was provided. Evidence of development of cognitive decision-makingcapacities did also exist, as the capacity to perform faster emotional ratings and to differentiallyallocate more resources to the elaboration of emotional ratings when no feedback informationwas available increased with age. Overall, we interpret these findings as challenging the traditionalcognitive developmental assumption that development necessarily proceeds from lesser to greater capacities, reflecting the impact of socio-emotional processes that could bias the counterfactualevaluation of social decision-making outcomes.
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