Temporal changes in predecision preferences among choice alternatives.

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Discusses D. Linder and K. Crane's (see pa, vol. 44:15980) evidence in support of the reactance theory prediction that ratings of the attractiveness of 2 decision alternatives will converge as the decision point approaches in time. Some alternative explanations of their data are presented based on the inadvertent confounding of the amount of time remaining until the decision with the amount of information about the alternatives that the s might reasonably expect to obtain. In an experiment with 36 female undergraduates, time until the decision was varied independently, while expectations about additional information were held constant. Predecisional convergence of the attractiveness of decision alternatives was again demonstrated by data showing that the shorter the amount of time remaining until the decision, the more equal the attractiveness of the alternatives. (16 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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