A new task format for investigating information search and organization in multiattribute decisions.

ABSTRACT: In research on multiattribute decisions, information is typically preorganized in a well-structured manner (e.g., in attributes-by-options matrices). Participants can therefore conveniently identify the information needed for the decision strategy they are using. However, in everyday decision situations, we often face information that is not well-structured; that is, we not only have to search for, but we also need to organize the information. This latter aspect--subjective information organization--has so far largely been neglected in decision research. The few exceptions used crude experimental manipulations, and the assessment of subjective organization suffered from laborious methodology and a lack of objectiveness. We introduce a new task format to overcome these methodological issues

SUBMITTER: Ettlin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4427654 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature