This research was conducted to highlight the utility of considering clinical psychology concepts in judgment and decision research. Our overarching thesis is that the judgments and choices people make may often be influenced by clinically relevant phenomena, and that understanding these relationships can, in a reciprocal fashion, help advance our understanding of judgment and decision making as well as specific clinical diagnoses and proclivities. We focused on histrionic personality disorder and conducted four studies that show that histrionic symptomology predicts preferences and choices that facilitate grabbing others’ attention, even when such choices cost more money, and are at the expense of giving up more tangible features. In addition to demonstrating a new implication of the histrionic personality, we provide insight into the process underlying this tendency and discuss implications for mental health service providers.

这项研究旨在强调在判断和决策研究中考虑临床心理学概念的效用。我们的首要论点是，人们做出的判断和选择可能经常受到临床相关现象的影响，理解这些关系可以以互惠的方式帮助促进我们对判断和决策以及特定临床诊断和倾向的理解。我们专注于表演型人格障碍，并进行了四项研究，表明表演型症状学可以预测偏好和选择，这些偏好和选择有助于吸引他人的注意力，即使这样的选择花费更多的钱，并且以放弃更多有形的特征为代价。除了展示表演型人格的新含义外，