Journal article
Direct-Comparison Judgments: When and Why Above- and Below-Average Effects Reverse
Journal of experimental psychology. General, Vol.137(1), pp.182-200
02/2008
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.137.1.182
PMID: 18248136
Abstract
Above-average and below-average effects appear to be common and consistent across a variety of judgment domains. For example, several studies show that individual items from a high- (low-) quality set tend to be rated as better (worse) than the other items in the set (e.g., E. E. Giladi & Y. Klar, 2002). Experiments in this article demonstrate reversals of these effects. A novel account is supported, which describes how the timing of the denotation of the to-be-judged item influences attention and ultimately affects the size or direction of comparative biases. The authors discuss how this timing account is relevant for many types of referent-dependent judgments (e.g., probability judgments, resource allocations) and how it intersects with various accounts of comparative bias (focalism, generalized-group, compromise between local and general standards [LOGE]).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Direct-Comparison Judgments: When and Why Above- and Below-Average Effects Reverse
- Creators
- Paul D Windschitl - Department of Psychology, University of IowaDaniel Conybeare - Department of Psychology, University of IowaZlatan Krizan - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Fernanda Ferreira (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of experimental psychology. General, Vol.137(1), pp.182-200
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0096-3445.137.1.182
- PMID
- 18248136
- ISSN
- 0096-3445
- eISSN
- 1939-2222
- Grant note
- name: National Science Foundation, award: SES 03-19243
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2008
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984214747102771
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