When Is It Going To Happen? How Temporal Distance Influences Processing for Risky–Choice Framing Tasks
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Todd McElroy Ph.D. (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: In this article we examine how temporal proximity of an event influences
decision task processing and, in turn, the likelihood of framing effects. We
hypothesized that events occurring in the relatively near future should be
more likely to induce the analytic processing style and result in attenuated
framing effects. Events occurring in the more distant future should be processed
with the holistic style and framing effects should be relatively more
pronounced. In Study 1, we assessed how temporal proximity influenced
the perceived relevance for an event occurring at different temporal
proximities. In Study 2, we tested the influence of temporal proximity using
the Asian disease problem. In Study 3, we tested the influence of temporal
proximity with a different type of risky–choice decision task and investigated
evidence for analytic/holistic processing. The results provide
converging support for a temporal–relevance hypothesis.
When Is It Going To Happen? How Temporal Distance Influences Processing for Risky–Choice Framing Tasks
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- Publication
- McElroy, T. & Mascari, D. (2007). When is it going to happen? How temporal distance influences processing for risk-choice framing tasks. Social Cognition, 25(4): 495-517. Published by Guilford Press (ISSN: 0278-016X). Copyright Guilford Press. Reprinted with permission of The Guilford Press.
- Language: English
- Date: 2007