Strategies in the Information Search Process: Interaction Among Task Structure, Knowledge, and Source.
The authors explored the information search strategies of 145 individuals in the predecisional stage. Decision-making participants selected pieces of information from a list including relevant and irrelevant data. The authors investigated the influence of the individual's knowledge and information s...
| Published in: | Journal of General Psychology Vol. 135; no. 3; pp. 252 - 271 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
July 2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=510826904&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 510826904 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00221309 JGP jtl: Journal of General Psychology issn: 00221309 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: July 2008 vid: 135 iid: 3 pid: 58221 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 510826904 10.3200/GENP.135.3.252-270 ppf: 252 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 3.9MB tig: atl: Strategies in the Information Search Process: Interaction Among Task Structure, Knowledge, and Source. aug: au: Sacchi, Simona Burigo, Michele su: Choice (Psychology) Information-seeking strategies sug: subj: Choice (Psychology) Information-seeking strategies ab: The authors explored the information search strategies of 145 individuals in the predecisional stage. Decision-making participants selected pieces of information from a list including relevant and irrelevant data. The authors investigated the influence of the individual's knowledge and information source. In Experiment 1, the authors experimentally manipulated the information source reliability. The results revealed that participants tended to use a sequential strategy when the authors presented information as supplied by a reliable source. In Experiment 2, the authors analyzed the interaction between information source and the individuals' knowledge. When participants believed the source to be reliable, even knowledgeable participants adopted a strategy as sequential as that chosen by naive individuals. In Experiment 3, a mediational model corroborated the hypothesis that the search strategy affects the final judgment. The results were consistent with the constructivist framework, which emphasizes the role of individual, task, and context in the decision-making process. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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