The Perceived Informational Value and Affective Consequences of Choice Behavior and Intermediate Difficulty Task Selection.

Meyer, Wulf-Uwe; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ157997

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Publication Date: 1976

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The Perceived Informational Value and Affective Consequences of Choice Behavior and Intermediate Difficulty Task Selection

Meyer, Wulf-Uwe; And Others

Journal of Research in Personality, 10, 4, 410-23, Dec 76

Four experiments are presented that examine the affective and the informational explanations of risk-preference behavior. Experiments I and II provide a phenomenological analysis of the affective and informational determinants of choice behavior while Experiments III and IV investigates at what level of difficulty individuals most desire information about their performance on a specific task. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: Charts, Difficulty Level, Experiments, Information Seeking, Motivation, Personality Studies, Research Methodology, Tables (Data), Task Analysis

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