THE EFFECTS OF UNCERTAINTY, CONFIDENCE, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON THE INITIATION AND DIRECTION OF INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIORS

Abstract

The purpose of the experiment was to examine three questions related to learning and instruction: Do competing responses associated with the arousal of epistemic curiosity (i.e., subjective uncertainty) activate a search for information with the consequent acquisition of knowledge; is belief-discrepant information sought when it has the potential for reducing subjective uncertainty (i.e., when it has intrinsic utility) and when the individual is confident he can refute the discrepant position; do differences in dogmatism, intolerance of ambiguity, and subjective uncertainty predispose individuals to seek or avoid discrepant information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709997

Entities

People

  • Charles B. Schultz

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ambiguity
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Case Studies
  • Cognition
  • Educational Psychology
  • Experimental Design
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Social Psychology
  • Students

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Organizational Psychology.