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Judgment and Decision Making Lab
The Judgment and Decision Making Lab at the 黑料爆料 was founded by Sandra L. Schneider, Ph.D. Research is conducted in several areas of judgment and decision making including motivation, Bayesian reasoning, luck and fortune, risk perception, and risk comprehension.
Advisor
Sandra L. Schneider
Professor
Email
USF Psychology Building
4202 East Fowler Ave, PCD 3110
Tampa, Florida 33620
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The Judgment and Decision Making Lab at the 黑料爆料 gives undergraduate students a wide range of experience in research activities such as researching topics, designing experiments, running experiments in the lab, and analyzing data. If you are interested in becoming a Research Assistant, please complete the form provided below.
Research
Selected Lab Publications
- Schneider, S. L., Kauffman, S. N., & Ranieri, A. Y. (2016). The effects of surrounding positive and negative experiences on risk taking. Judgment and Decision Making, 11(5), 424-440. Available .
- Talboy, A. N., & Schneider, S. L. (2016). Improving accuracy on Bayesian inference problems Using a brief tutorial. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Available .
Selected Lab Presentations
2022
- Katz, A., Hampton, B., & Schneider, S. L. (2022). Conflicting Media Messages in a Health Crisis: Asymmetric Updating and Covid-19. Poster Presentation in the 42nd Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Online
- Martin, J., Cumberbatch, M., & Schneider, S. L. (2022). Is the Affect Gap in Risky Choice Due to Affect or Numeric Outcomes? Poster Presentation in the 42nd Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Online
2021
- Katz, A., Hampton, B., & Schneider, S. L. (2021). Conflicting Media Messages in a Health Crisis: Asymmetric Updating and COVID-19. Poster Presentation in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Online
- Martin, J., Cumberbatch, M., & Schneider, S. L. (2021). Is the Affect Gap in Risky Choice due to Affect or Numeric Outcomes? Poster Presentation in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Online
- Schneider, S. L., Katz, A., Cumberbatch, M., Hampton, B., Afroz, N., & Martin, J. (2021). Confirmatory Silos: Evidence from COVID-19 Attitudes, Preferences, and Behaviors. Paper Presentation in the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Online
2016
- Ranieri, A. Y., & Schneider, S. L. (2016). Winning isn't everthing: Differential effects of gain and loss experiences on risk taking. Poster Presentation in the 37th Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Chicago, IL
- Talboy, A. N., & Schneider, S. L. (2016). Focusing on What Matters in Bayesian inference problems. Paper Presentation in the 37th Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Boston, MA
2015
- Fuller, E. M., & Schneider, S. L. (2015). Risk preferences for outcomes involving mood. Poster Presentation in the 36th Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Chicago, IL
- Ranieri, A. Y., & Schneider, S. L. (2015). How luck and fortune influence risk-taking behaviors. Poster Presentation in the 36th Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Chicago, IL
- Stershic, S., & Schneider, S. (2015). Learning and Adjusting Risk Taking in an Uncertain Environment. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL.
- Talboy, A. N., & Schneider, S. L. (2015). Three approaches to improving accuracy on Bayesian inference problems. Poster Presentation in the 36th Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Chicago, IL
2014
- Ranieri, A. Y., Gentile, M. R., Narozanick, T. L., & Schneider, S. L. (2014). Effects of positive and negative situations on beliefs about luck and risk taking. Poster Presentation in the 35th Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Long Beach, CA
- Stershic, S., & Schneider, S. (2014). The potential for skill in managing an uncertain environment. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. Long Beach, CA.
- Talboy, A. N., & Schneider, S. L. (2014). Improving accuracy on Bayesian inference problems through training. Poster Presentation in the 35th Annual Conference for the Society of Judgment and Decision Making. Long Beach, CA.
Meet the Lab
The lab currently has four graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and several research assistants.
Current Graduate 黑料爆料
Jordan Martin, BS: Jordan (she/her) is a PhD student who joined the CNS Psychology program at USF in 2020. She has a background in cognitive neuroscience, with work addressing working memory capacity and decision making. Her current research focuses on risk preferences and decision-making strategies and how they may change depending on the emotional context of the decision as well as one's overall mood. Jordan is from Kansas City, Missouri, and she can often be found sipping chai tea or having a Marvel movie marathon. She can be reached via email here.
Current Research Assistants
Marcus Cumberbatch, BA: Marcus is a recent graduate, having received his BA in Psychology from USF in 2021. Marcus' research interests include judgment and decision making, particularly within the areas of biases and heuristics.
Brittnee Hampton: I am a recent USF alumni with a BA in Psychology. I have been with the JDM Lab since 2020. My research interests include social and cognitive psychology.
Aimee Pyo: My name is Aimee. I graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in psychology.I am interested in studying cognitive processes that underlie decision making and judgment, especially on how metacognition can mediate changes in perception and behavior.
Zoe Ritchotte: Zoe started at USF in 2020 and is currently pursuing her BA in psychology and plans on continuing at USF to earn her MA in the psychological sciences. Her main research interest is the effect that subliminal messaging can have on human behavior.
Caitlin Franklin: Hi! My name is Caitlin Franklin. I am a junior at USF majoring in Psychology.
Reilly Orman: Hello! My name is Reilly, and I am one of the RAs in the JDM Lab. I am a psychology major, and I hope to pursue research someday in Cognitive Psychology.
Past Graduae 黑料爆料
Elizabeth Fuller, MA: Elizabeth came to USF in 2012. She received her MA in Psychology at American University and her BS in Psychology from Towson University. Elizabeth studies the influence of presentation format and affect on choice.
Austin Katz, MA: Austin came to USF in 2020. Austin is from Long Island, New York and earned a BA from Lehigh University. His research interests focus on debiasing techniques and information preferences in decision making.
Sandra Kauffman, MA: Sandra came to USF in 2011. She received her BA in Psychology from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick. Sandy's current research interests focus on judgment and decision making, particularly experience-based decisions and the role of skill and chance in risky decision making.
Andrea Ranieri, MA: Andrea Ranieri came to USF in 2012. A graduate from the University of Central Florida, Andrea studies variables that push individuals to make risk-averse or risk-seeking decision. Specifically, Andrea studies how experiencing gains and losses through context versus probabilistic gains and losses affect decision making.
Alaina Talboy, MA: Alaina Talboy came to USF in 2013. She completed her MA in Experimental Psychology from the University of West Florida and her BA in Psychology from Saint Leo University. Alaina studies how people understand and incorporate probabilistic information to make personal decisions in medicine, law, and other contexts.