A cultural study on decision making: performace differences on the lowa gambling task between selested groups of Brazilians and Americans. Artículo de Revista
Autores: Daniela Schneider Bakos; Natalie Denburg; Rochele Paz Fonseca; Maria Alice de Mattos Pimenta Parente.
Resumen
This study compared the performace of selected groups of Brazilian and American individuals on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The sample was composed of 70 Brazilians were composed of 10 young adults, aged 25 to 41 years, adn 25 older adults, aged 60 to 75 years. The two groups of American were composed of 10 young adults, aged 28 to 39 years, and 25 older adults, aged 50 to 76 years. A two-way analysis of varience revealed differences in performace between Brazilian and American participants, regardless of age group (country, p = 001; age group, p = 291). Analysis of varience using are group and country as main factors did not reveal any diference between the two national groups with regard to the learning achived during the task (block, p < 001; age group p = 063; country, p = 086). The results suggest that cultura, represented by the country of origin, influences the performace the individuals on the IGT, demostrating the importance of validating an instrument for each cultural group on which it is used.
