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¹Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, ed. U6, P.zza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20100, Milano, Italy. simona.sacchi@unimib.it

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Decision Science
Information Science

Background:

Understanding information search strategies is crucial for decision-making.
The predecisional stage involves actively seeking and evaluating information.
Individual knowledge and information source characteristics can influence search behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore information search strategies during the predecisional stage.
To investigate the impact of information source reliability and individual knowledge on search strategies.
To examine how search strategies affect final judgments.

Main Methods:

145 participants engaged in information selection tasks with relevant and irrelevant data.
Experiment 1 manipulated information source reliability.
Experiment 2 analyzed the interaction between source reliability and participant knowledge.
Experiment 3 used a mediational model to assess the impact of search strategy on judgment.

Main Results:

Participants favored sequential search strategies when information came from reliable sources.
Knowledgeable individuals exhibited similar sequential strategies to naive ones when sources were perceived as reliable.
Search strategy was found to significantly influence final judgment.

Conclusions:

Information source reliability plays a key role in shaping information search strategies.
The constructivist framework effectively explains decision-making by considering individual, task, and contextual factors.
Decision-making processes are influenced by how information is presented and perceived.