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Temporal construal and time-dependent changes in preference.

Y Trope1, N Liberman

  • 1Department of Psychology, New York University, New York 10003, USA. trope@xp.psych.nyu.edu

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|January 4, 2001
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Preferences for future options depend on how abstract or concrete their features are. High-level construal features increasingly influence distant future choices over near future ones, impacting temporal construal theory.

Area of Science:

  • Decision-making science
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Behavioral economics

Background:

  • Temporal construal theory suggests preferences shift over time.
  • Time-discounting theories explain how future rewards are valued less.
  • Understanding feature weighting in future choices is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test temporal construal theory and time-discounting theories.
  • To examine how feature abstractness (high-level vs. low-level construal) affects preferences for near vs. distant future options.
  • To investigate the role of valence type (affective vs. cognitive) in these preferences.

Main Methods:

  • Five studies were conducted, evaluating options with varying features.
  • Features were categorized as high-level construal (abstract, goal-relevant) or low-level construal (concrete, goal-irrelevant).

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  • The valence (positive/negative) and type (affective/cognitive) of features were manipulated.

    • Main Results:

    • High-level construal features had a greater impact on distant future preferences compared to near future preferences.
    • The influence of low-level construal features was relatively stronger for near future preferences.
    • Feature valence and type moderated these effects.

    Conclusions:

    • Findings support temporal construal theory by demonstrating increased reliance on abstract features for distant choices.
    • Results refine understanding of time-dependent preference formation.
    • The study highlights how the abstractness of option features influences decisions across different time horizons.