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He, Sharlene.

Projections from Uncertainty: When Uncertainty Heightens versus Diminishes Desire for Information.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Projections from Uncertainty: When Uncertainty Heightens versus Diminishes Desire for Information.
Author:	He, Sharlene.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018
Description:	63 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: B.
Notes:	Adviser: Derek D. Rucker.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-11B(E).
Subject:	Psychology.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10822079
ISBN:	9780438117280

Projections from Uncertainty: When Uncertainty Heightens versus Diminishes Desire for Information.
He, Sharlene.

Projections from Uncertainty: When Uncertainty Heightens versus Diminishes Desire for Information. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 63 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2018.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

A central finding, and even principle, in psychology and related disciplines is that uncertainty affects individuals' propensity to seek information in a positive, linear manner. The more uncertain an individual is about a stimulus, the more information he or she desires. In contrast to this principle, the present research suggests that the relationship between uncertainty and desire for information might often be curvilinear (i.e., an inverted-U). Specifically, I propose that uncertainty provides a basis for individuals to make forward-looking inferences, which I term projections, about both the benefits and costs of information. Due to these projections, individuals' desire to seek information can peak at moderate levels of uncertainty, rather than at high levels of uncertainty. Five experiments and data from a large-scale field survey find evidence consistent with this perspective. The present research broadens theory beyond the classic principle of a positive linear relationship and enriches our understanding of how individuals interpret and respond to uncertainty.

ISBN: 9780438117280Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Psychology.

Projections from Uncertainty: When Uncertainty Heightens versus Diminishes Desire for Information.
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