O viés da cognição numérica e seus reflexos nas decisões contábeis
This theoretical essay is dedicated to the further study of numerical cognition and discussion of the presence of bias arising from it within the accounting environment. Accounting provides information to ensure decision-making which is likely to be influenced by shortcuts or cognitive biases. Decis...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista Ambiente Contábil 2013, Vol.5 (1), p.39-54 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This theoretical essay is dedicated to the further study of numerical cognition and discussion
of the presence of bias arising from it within the accounting environment. Accounting
provides information to ensure decision-making which is likely to be influenced by shortcuts
or cognitive biases. Decisions are made faster and not necessarily more correct. Research in
management accounting has traditionally been influenced by neoclassical economics theory,
whose main assumption is economic rationality. Cognitive theory emerges as a counterpoint
to the rationalist conception of action by showing that humans make use of heuristics in order
to make a decision. Although it is valid and useful in certain ways, it can cause systematic
distortions of judgment induced by cognitive biases. The numerical cognition characterizes
the recording and processing information about numbers. The deriving shortcuts characterize
the bias. Examples can be given through the processing errors and numerical coding of
numbers ending in the digit 9 or numerical comparisons, which leads to misperceptions about
the true magnitude of this number. Whereas that decision maker is a human being capable of
making decisions in any environment, the cognitive biases present in their decisions also will
be present in the accounting environment. Academic studies show a strong tendency to use
the numerical cognition bias in the financial statements, confirming the need to understand the
complexity of cognitive processes and their influence on the decision-making process
O presente ensaio teórico dedica-se ao aprofundamento no estudo da cognição numérica e a
discussão da presença do viés dela decorrente dentro do ambiente contábil. A Contabilidade
fornece informações para subsídio nas tomadas de decisão, possíveis de serem influenciadas
por atalhos ou vieses cognitivos. Decisões são tomadas de forma mais rápida e, não
necessariamente, mais correta. A pesquisa em contabilidade gerencial tem sido
tradicionalmente influenciada pela teoria econômica neoclássica, cujo principal pressuposto é
a racionalidade econômica. A teoria cognitiva emerge como contraponto à concepção
racionalista da ação ao demonstrar que os seres humanos fazem uso de heurísticas para tomar
uma decisão. Embora sejam válidas e úteis, em determinadas circunstâncias podem provocar
distorções sistemáticas de julgamento induzidas por vieses cognitivos. A cognição numérica
caracteriza o registro e processamento de informações sobre números. |
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ISSN: | 2176-9036 2176-9036 |