Journal article
Hoping for more: the influence of outcome desirability on information seeking and predictions about relative quantities
Cognition, Vol.125(1), pp.113-117
10/2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.06.013
PMID: 22832177
Abstract
People must often engage in sequential sampling in order to make predictions about the relative quantities of two options. We investigated how directional motives influence sampling selections and resulting predictions in such cases. We used a paradigm in which participants had limited time to sample items and make predictions about which side of the screen contained more of a critical item. Sampling selections were biased by monetary desirability manipulations, and participants exhibited a desirability bias for both dichotomous and continuous predictions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hoping for more: the influence of outcome desirability on information seeking and predictions about relative quantities
- Creators
- Aaron M Scherer - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52241, United States. aaron-scherer@uiowa.eduPaul D WindschitlJillian O'RourkeAndrew R Smith
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cognition, Vol.125(1), pp.113-117
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.06.013
- PMID
- 22832177
- NLM abbreviation
- Cognition
- ISSN
- 0010-0277
- eISSN
- 1873-7838
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2012
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984002484302771
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