ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
The Effect of Source on Judgment Change for Health Decisions
- Talia Robbins
Rutgers University - Pernille Hemmer
Rutgers University
Abstract
People show greater judgment change after receiving information from experts than from online resources or past experience. We characterize participant behavior using a rational model assuming judgment is a linear weighted combination of initial judgments and source information, weighted by expectations for the quality of each piece of information.
Cognitive Processes