This article examines individuals’ expectations in a social hypothesis testing task. Participants selected questions from a list to investigate the presence of personality traits in a target individual. They also identified the responses that they expected to receive and the likelihood of the expected responses. The results of two studies indicated that when people asked questions inquiring about the hypothesized traits that did not entail strong a priori beliefs, they expected to find evidence confirming the hypothesis under investigation. These confirming expectations were more pronounced for symmetric questions, in which the diagnosticity and frequency of the expected evidence did not conflict. When the search for information was asymmetric, confirming expectations were diminished, likely as a consequence of either the rareness or low diagnosticity of the hypothesis-confirming outcome. We also discuss the implications of these findings for confirmation bias.
Rusconi, P., Sacchi, S., Toscano, A., & Cherubini, P. (2012). Confirming expectations in asymmetric and symmetric social hypothesis testing. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 59(5), 243-250 [10.1027/1618-3169/a000149].
Citazione: | Rusconi, P., Sacchi, S., Toscano, A., & Cherubini, P. (2012). Confirming expectations in asymmetric and symmetric social hypothesis testing. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 59(5), 243-250 [10.1027/1618-3169/a000149]. | |
Tipo: | Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico | |
Carattere della pubblicazione: | Scientifica | |
Presenza di un coautore afferente ad Istituzioni straniere: | No | |
Titolo: | Confirming expectations in asymmetric and symmetric social hypothesis testing | |
Autori: | Rusconi, P; Sacchi, S; Toscano, A; Cherubini, P | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 | |
Lingua: | English | |
Rivista: | EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000149 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su rivista |
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