In a study using the Columbia Card Task, participants who experienced cross-race rejection turned over an average of 12.06 cards on nonloss trials, compared with 10.18 cards after same-race rejection (F(1,78)=4.93, p=.029, d=0.50), indicating increased risk-taking behavior.
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- Psychological Science - Nock Lab - Harvard University (nocklab.fas.harvard.edu)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233964015_Experiencing_Discrimination_Increases_Risk_Taking (researchgate.net)
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797612448194 (journals.sagepub.com)
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