| Abstract: | Studied information-seeking performance under conditions of conflicting and irrelevant input information in an 8-choice task that was an abstracted version of a tactical decision problem faced by military commanders. 14 male undergraduates were required to purchase information from 3 fallible sources until they could decide which target was the object of an enemy advance. The earlier a correct choice was made, the greater the monetary payoff to the S. Results indicate that degree of information conflict and relevance had little influence on trial number and latency of correct choices, but a more marked impact on initial decisions. Ss purchased more information prior to 1st decisions when degree of relevance was low. Choice latencies of 1st decisions decreased with increasing relevance and decreasing conflict. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
