GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 35

Cognition · Problem Solving and Decision-making: Methods, strategies, obstacles, metacognition, choosing among alternatives · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Who proposed the idea of ‘decision frames’?

Bruner
Tversky and Kahneman
Johnson-Laird
Chapman

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Correct answer: (B) Tversky and Kahneman

Explanation

Tversky and Kahneman showed that the way a choice is framed, for example as gains or as losses, changes the decision people make. The idea of decision frames is theirs.