Order Effects in Belief Updating: The Belief-Adjustment Model.

Hogarth, Robin M.; Einhorn, Hillel J.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Order Effects in Belief Updating: The Belief-Adjustment Model.

Hogarth, Robin M.; Einhorn, Hillel J.

Cognitive Psychology, v24 n1 p1-55 Jan 1992

A theory of the updating of beliefs over time is presented that explicitly accounts for order-effect phenomena as arising from the interaction of information-processing strategies and task characteristics. The belief-adjustment model is supported by 5 experiments involving 192 adult subjects. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Attitude Change, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Equations (Mathematics), Evaluative Thinking, Mathematical Models, Opinions, Psychological Patterns, Theories

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Language: English

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