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Betsch, Tilmann, Lang, Anna, Lehmann, Anne ORCID: 0000-0002-8670-7677 and Axmann, Jana Maria (2014). Utilizing probabilities as decision weights in closed and open information boards: A comparison of children and adults. Acta Psychol., 153. S. 74 - 87. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1873-6297

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Abstract

Decisions in preschoolers (6 years), elementary schoolers (9.7 years), and adults (21 years) were studied with an information board crossing three probabilistic cues (validities: .83, .67, .50) with two options. Experiment 1 (n = 215) applied a standard version of the information board (closed presentation format), in which information must be searched sequentially and kept in mind for the decision. Experiment 2 (n = 217) applied an open format (Glockner & Betsch, 2008), in which all information was visible during decision making. Elementary schoolers but not preschoolers benefited from an open format indicated by an increase in using probabilities as decision weights. In the open but not closed format, choices were biased by normatively irrelevant information (the lure). Variations in the prediction patterns of the cues influenced decisions in all age groups. Effects for presentation format, pattern, and lure jointly indicate that even children are capable of considering multiple information in their decisions. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Betsch, Tilmann UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lang, Anna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lehmann, Anne UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8670-7677 UNSPECIFIED Axmann, Jana Maria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-423882
DOI:	10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.09.008
Journal or Publication Title:	Acta Psychol.
Volume:	153
Page Range:	S. 74 - 87
Date:	2014
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1873-6297
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language WORKING-MEMORY; AGE-DIFFERENCES; YOUNG-CHILDREN; EXPECTED VALUE; JUDGMENTS; THINKING; SEARCH; CHOICE Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/42388