The Tendency to Fall for Distracting Information While Making Judgments

Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 193 - 207
Published: Jan 1, 2014
Abstract
Despite much research on thinking biases such as the representativeness, availability, and anchoring heuristics, a psychometrically sound measurement instrument for assessing the degree of heuristic thinking is still missing. Therefore, it was the goal of this study to develop and validate a new test to assess the degree of heuristic thinking associated with three particular thinking heuristics (i.e., the representativeness, availability, and...
Paper Details
Title
The Tendency to Fall for Distracting Information While Making Judgments
Published Date
Jan 1, 2014
Volume
30
Issue
3
Pages
193 - 207
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