A New Scale to Measure Preferences for Social Exploration and Exploitation

Poster Session I

Keyword: Friendship

Abstract: I developed a scale measuring preferences to seek new social connections (explore) or deepen existing relationships (exploit). Across 3 studies (total n = 1,095), I find that this scale had good reliability, correlated with associated constructs, and predicted daily social interaction patterns and social network structures.

• Shelly Tsang (Presenting Author)
• Adrienne Wood (Author)